Blues legend Buddy Guy calls it liquid gold in his song “Cognac”. Rappers Drake and Snoop Dogg often just call it Hennessy, the world’s best-selling brand of cognac. In his Grammy-winning song, “Humble”, Kendrick Lamar namechecks D’USSÉ, a Cognac brand part-owned by his fellow rapper Jay-Z. And singer Rihanna is just gaga about what I am delicately sipping on.
LOUIS XIII (pronounced tres) is the Holy Grail of Cognac for many. Or so I am told by my companion for the afternoon, South African sommelier Jörg Pfützner, who is in India to talk about his favourite spirit.
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