ANGES
Collection

ANGES — cognac house, Grande Champagne, since 1871

Cognac poured into a glass in warm light
Maison de cognac · Grande Champagne · 1871Tilt the glass with your cursor
In the cask0years

Five cognacs, from four years to sixty. Every one of them smaller than when it went into the oak — the angels took their share.

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Part des Anges · XO · twenty years

Twenty years
in one pour.

Taste the XO →

(01) — Time, in colour

Every year
adds a shade.

Drag through sixty years in oak. Watch the colour deepen and the level fall.

(Drag the years)

12years in oak

Amber

Apricot, honey, toasted oak

2 · VS10 · XO60 · Vintage
Taken by the angels22%

(02) — Vine to glass

Six steps,
sixty years.

The vine
01SeptemberThe vineUgni blanc on chalk soils of the Grande Champagne. Thin, acidic wine — perfect for distilling.
The harvest
02OctoberThe harvestPicked in early October, pressed the same day, fermented without sugar or sulphur.
The still
03WinterThe stillTwice distilled in copper alembics charentais, by law before 31 March.
The cask
042 – 60 yearsThe caskInto 350-litre Limousin oak casks, toasted by our own cooper.
The blend
05SpringThe blendThe cellar master blends up to forty eaux-de-vie from different years and villages.
The glass
06TodayThe glassReduced slowly with distilled water to 40%, then bottled by hand.

(03) — The collection

From gold
to mahogany.

All five →
LumièreVSVS · 4 years · €68LumièreFour years in young oak. Bright, fruity, made for the evening’s first glass.Chai NeufVSOPVSOP · 8 years · €115Chai NeufEight years. The house style in one glass: apricot, honey, a little smoke.Part des AngesXOXO · 20 years · €260Part des AngesTwenty years, and the angels took a third. What remains is fig, leather and candied orange.Hors d’ÂgeHors d’ÂgeHors d’Âge · 35 years · €620Hors d’ÂgeThirty-five years. Rancio — the mushroom-and-walnut magic only time gives.Paradis 1965VintageVintage · 60 years · €4,800Paradis 1965A single cask from 1965, kept in glass in the Paradis since 2005. 212 decanters.
A vaulted cellar of cognac casks

(04) — La part des anges

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rise from the cellars of Cognac every year, as vapour through the oak. Since you opened this page, the angels have taken 0 bottles.

What the angels take →

(05) — At the table

What to
pour it with.

Tasting guide →
Dark chocolateWith Part des AngesDark chocolate70% cacao, a square between sips.CigarWith Hors d’ÂgeCigarA Cuban Robusto, for the Hors d’Âge.Blue cheeseWith Chai NeufBlue cheeseRoquefort and a VSOP — try it once.One ice cubeWith LumièreOne ice cubeIn summer, the VS on ice with tonic.
A tulip glass of cognac on a café table

(06) — The cellar master

“I blend for someone who will open the bottle after I am gone.”

Hélène Faure · maître de chai, sixth generation

In the cellarsIn the cellarsIn the cellars
The house →

(07) — Journal

From the chai.

All stories →
What the angels takeThe cellar · 28 Sep 2026What the angels takeEvery year, two per cent of every cask evaporates into the cellar air. In Cognac, they call it la part des anges.
Winter at the alembicDistillation · 10 Sep 2026Winter at the alembicCognac and chocolateTasting · 22 Aug 2026Cognac and chocolate
A candle-lit tunnel of old bottles

(08) — Visit

Down to
the Paradis.

A tour of the cellars, ending with a glass drawn from a 1965 demijohn.

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