Courvoisier Cognac is getting all Scotch-y on us.
Beginning on Oct. 1, the brandy giant with release two new Cognacs, both with age statements on the bottle. One is a 12-year-old, the other a 21-year-old. Age statements are common in the world of Scotch and, less so, in Bourbon. But Cognac has long relied on its age-old system of categorization in which VS means a brandy aged two years or more; VSOP means four years; and XO means six.
However, Courvoisier believes, probably correctly, that these designations are confusing to the average American. So, 25 years ago, it decided to put down some brandy with the idea of bottling it with age statements. The 12 and the 21 will not be sold in France.
