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Box sets

I have seen a few box sets of miniatures over the past year. Even if the quality of the
contents is high, they do seem to be a little overpriced. Cognac and single malts are
near the top of the quality drinks league table and I feel this adds a few dollars to the
price. Regardless of the quality
I will leave it up to you if you
think I am being a little mean.
(I do not think the fact that I
was born and raised in
Scotland is clouding my
judgement.)

The first set is three well aged
single malts from Glenfarclass.
This Speyside distillery was
opened in 1836. John and
George Grant bought it in 1865
making it the oldest family
owned distillery in Scotland.
These aged whiskies are
popular with drinkers but
collectors and investors do not
put them in the same class as
say Macallan or some Islay
malts. At $56 I feel they are a
little expensive.

Tesseron Cognac was
founded in 1905 but I
could not find them in my
brandy books.
Granted, like me, they
are getting on a bit. The
reason for the non
appearance is that up
until 2003 Tesseron sold
their cognac in bulk to
the large companies who
gladly snapped up the
quality products. They
only produce XO
cognacs but the ages of
the component brandies
are well above industry
standards. The four blends that make up the set are as follows:
Lot 90 XO Cognac. Minimum age in the blend is 10yrs.
Lot 76 XO Tradition. Minimum age in the blend is 25yrs.

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