Jean Fillioux Napoleon

Nose

Full and mellow, with walnuts, almonds and marzipan. Dried apricots and dates are complemented by vanilla, caramel and a gentle touch of oak.

Palate

Rounded and powerful, with dried fruit, walnuts and creamy vanilla. Marzipan and soft caramel provide pleasant sweetness, while cinnamon, nutmeg and subtle oak notes add warmth and structure.

Finish

Long and warming, with walnuts, vanilla and lingering spices. A touch of saffron and lightly drying oak create a characterful conclusion.

Cognac Jean Fillioux was founded in 1880 by Honoré Fillioux, a technically gifted winegrower and distiller who even developed a system to improve temperature control during distillation. In 1894, he acquired Domaine de La Pouyade in the heart of Grande Champagne. His son Jean expanded both the vineyards and the reserves of ageing cognac while introducing the estate’s bottles to markets beyond France. Under his name, the family property developed into the Jean Fillioux cognac house, which is now continued by the fifth generation.

The estate owns approximately 25 hectares of vineyards in Grande Champagne, the premier cru of the Cognac region. Its chalk-rich soils produce elegant eaux-de-vie with floral aromas, refined fruit and excellent ageing potential. The family oversees every stage, from growing the grapes and distillation to maturation, blending and bottling. Carefully selected French oak casks and extended ageing bring notes of flowers, ripe fruit, vanilla, almonds and spice, with refined rancio emerging in the oldest releases. Jean Fillioux is separate from the branch of the Fillioux family that supplied generations of master blenders to Hennessy and remains an independent family estate with a distinctive style of its own.