Marou and Cognac Delamain

Patrick Peyrelongue (Cognac Delamain), Vincent (Marou) and Gautier Salinier (Plaimont)

We had the pleasure the other night to meet Patrick Peyrelongue, 9th generation owner of Cognac Delamain in the Cigar Lounge of Skewer’s restaurant and to sample two of his famous Grande Champagne Cognacs: XO Pale & Dry (25yo) and Extra (40yo). In the company of wine experts and gourmets we sampled a selection of our chocolate bars together with the precious Eaux de Vie. The characteristic smoothness and elegant flavors of Delamain spirits (‘Puff daddy once told me that our Cognac was not rough enough for his taste!’ conceded Patrick Peyrelongue, a disarmingly modest man) worked beautifully with the fruity notes of our Ba Ria 76% chocolate.

We also reflected on the curious fact that having the same company endure over 200 years in the hands of the same family and still only have 20 employees is something we can strangely relate and aspire to!

Tristan’s hospitality was once again faultless and it was fun catching up with our friend Gautier Salinier who represents Gascon winery Plaimont in Asia.

Talking about Gascony, I asked Patrick Peyrelongue what he thought about Armagnac, we had a good chat about the differences in style between the 2 great French brandies and had a thought for Pierre Samalens, who was well known to both of us and sadly passed away last year.