Cognac "Richard Hennessy": the history of the brand and some information about the product

Hennessy is an incredibly high quality, extraordinarily tasty and the most expensive cognac in the world. Everyone knows about this, even the one who is absolutely indifferent to alcohol. Only this product was able to demonstrate to everyone what the true taste of cognac should be. This legendary and reference drink is the pride of France, although its creator was a native of Ireland. Richard Hennessy became the man who managed to become famous thanks to the creation of alcoholic elixir, conquered the planet.

Freelancer, who created cognac

Richard Hennessy in 1765 served for hire in the army of Louis XV. As they say today, he was a freelancer. At the same time, at the age of 36, a man was injured. He was sent to the island of Re, located next to the French city of Cognac. The guy managed to show himself in the army on the best side, and the honor of his family was not tarnished. Going through rehabilitation, Richard could not resist visiting the famous city. There he tasted brandy, which soon completely turned the history of this drink.

After discharge from the hospital Richard Hennessey moves to live in the same city Cognac. There he registers his own company and begins to sell such a tasty drink. Then the Irish entrepreneur did not use his name as the name of the enterprise. At that time, few of the French knew that there was such a kind of alcohol as cognac. The world in general, this product was almost unknown. Thanks to its Irish connections, Hennessey was able to access the UK, where alcoholic beverages are in special esteem. Sales began to grow just lightning fast. European vocabulary was enriched with one more word - "cognac", which now began to denote not only a settlement, but also an alcoholic drink for famous masters.

How he conquered the world

At that time, the Hennessy Richard cognac was not sold in bottles with the family coat of arms, but in ordinary barrels. Therefore, the product began to actively counterfeit. Between the natural and forged alcohol there was a huge difference in taste. But many people did not notice this. Richard immediately positioned his elixir as a drink of aristocrats, wealthy people, capable of resolving such a luxury. At the end of the 18th century, London became the center of export for the enterprise. Hence the drink is distributed to all countries. In the United States, Hennessy begins shipping in 1794.

Richard Hennessy (founder of the company) died at the beginning of the XIX century. The management of the firm was taken by his son Jacques. He immediately named the company on behalf of his family - Jas Hennessy & Co. But those times for cognac were not the best. And all because of the fact that during this period Napoleon began to conquer Europe and the countries began to refuse to acquire everything that at least somehow connected with France. Sales of cognac again resumed after the defeat of the emperor and the plague of 1832. Doctors began to prescribe this alcohol as a preventive measure of the disease.

From barrels to bottles

In the second half of the 19th century the Hennessy Richard cognac was mass produced in bottles. Then the head of the company was Morris Hennessy. In 1864, this man opens the first factory in France for the mass production of a drink, which has already become a legend. It is Morris who launches the product in the long-awaited bottles of unusual shape. The decoration of the container was the family coat of arms.

Morris also introduces another important novelty for cognac business - a star rating system for a drink. Today, this marking is successfully used in the hotel business. Five stars were awarded the oldest alcohol, and one - the youngest. At Morris there was one more outstanding event for the company - there is a new version of Hennessy - Extra old, turned as a result in absolutely new category of cognacs.

What product are you talking about?

What is the cognac "Richard Hennessy", the price of which is simply too high for indecency? It contains cognac spirits from the cellars of the founder of the company. A full-bodied, rich and smooth beverage is characterized by a very long aftertaste with a gradual overflow of fruits. The product has an amber tint, it is warm and warm. Hennessy - a harbinger of a palette of emotions and endless power. The fragrance of the elixir is filled with an ensemble of expensive eastern spices, nutmeg, fennel and delicate flowers.

Over the long years of growing up in barrels of oak, cognac acquires a luxurious ambre of Havana cigars, forest fruits and mossy hummock with dried mushrooms. Hennessy is beautiful everywhere, it's a drink without time and space.

Varieties of Hennessy

There are such types of Hennessy cognac:

• Hennessy VSOP is a drink created for the British King George IV in 1817. The cost starts from 5 thousand rubles.
• Hennessy XO is a product developed by Morris Hennessy for friends in 1870. Price: from 15 thousand rubles. For 700 ml.
• Hennessy Library - the nominal alcohol, decorated in the style of retro books. You can buy for 16 thousand rubles.
• Hennessy Private Reserve - another name product, developed by Emil Filho in 1873. Cost: 75 thousand rubles.
• Hennessy Paradis Extra - another registered alcoholic elixir of 1979. 400 ml. Can be purchased for 6 thousand rubles.
• Cognac "Richard Hennessy" 4 years of aging - a product created in 1996.
• Hennessy Timeless - a drink from a limited series, the price of which is 150 thousand rubles.
• Hennessy Ellipse is a cognac that differs from its other "brethren" in that it contains 43.5% alcohol, while in other beverages it is 40%. Price: 450 thousand rubles.

Cognac, which will live forever

It does not matter how many bottles of Hennessy Richard cognac are bottled - 0.7 liters, 0.5 liters. Or any other, it will always be relevant and popular. This drink was able to unite the uncombinable. Offering an elite premium alcohol to the consumer, designed for a discerning connoisseur, he is the undisputed leader of the cognac mass market.