Clos Martin XO 15 Year Old Bas-Armagnac 750ml Dessert Wines from New Riff's 10-medal year

from New Riff's 10-medal year at the competition

the wine that has consistently drawn the most critical attention and the most loyal following across the brand's twenty-year history

and toasted pecan emerging as it opens

Terry Adams (Malts of Scotland): 97 pointsAdams applauds the 40-year-old for its “rich compote of fruitcake

it presents inviting aromas of mango

Clos Martin XO 15 Year Old Bas-Armagnac 750ml Dessert Wines from New Riff's 10-medal yearThe XO designation in French brandy law requires a minimum of six years of oak aging. Clos Martin's XO 15 Year is aged for a minimum of fifteen two and a half times the legal requirement. That specific decision communicates Clos Martin's quality philosophy more directly than any marketing claim: the legal minimum is the floor, not the target. The target is the specific combination of roundness, mellowness, and fruit forward approachability that