# Armagnac and Cognac Talk **URL:** \ **Category:** Armagnac Talk\ **Created:** [May 8, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359 "2023-05-08T23:44:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 97
**Author:** ![venomino](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/venomino/32/8742_2.png) [@venomino](https://community.rumx.com/u/venomino)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1933 "2026-08-05T18:09:25Z")
Haha, yeah that was in the package too 😬😇 ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/leo/32/12636_2.png) [@Leo](https://community.rumx.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1934 "2026-08-08T20:00:57Z")
![1000110996](https://community.rumx.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/1/c196cf925864a85da9e57732c9213bab71c7cc32.jpeg) Some awesome stuff. Great bottle ---
**Author:** ![BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/bananajoe/32/34959_2.png) [@BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/u/BananaJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1935 "2026-08-08T20:21:53Z")
Computer says bottle empty… ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/leo/32/12636_2.png) [@Leo](https://community.rumx.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1936 "2026-08-08T20:25:26Z")
What do you think you’re doing ---
**Author:** ![BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/bananajoe/32/34959_2.png) [@BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/u/BananaJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1937 "2026-08-08T22:08:05Z")
![image_cropper_1786226871053](https://community.rumx.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/7/d7a1d65ef7032e938452328b20a25684191a705c.jpeg) Pouteou is and remains a bank ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/leo/32/12636_2.png) [@Leo](https://community.rumx.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1938 "2026-08-13T14:19:24Z")
> **[Mystery Boxes | Cognac-Expert.com](https://www.cognac-expert.com/mystery-boxes/?utm_source=rumx&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rumx-forum)** > > Guaranteed values exceeding your investment ✓ Minimum 2 full-size bottles ✓ 3 box categories ✓ One golden box per category - will you be the lucky one? Mystery boxes have reached the spirits market… Awful. Is something like that even legal in Germany? ---
**Author:** ![ander\_s](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/ander_s/32/20463_2.png) [@ander\_s](https://community.rumx.com/u/ander_s)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1939 "2026-08-13T14:26:45Z")
It’s been there for a while anyway, so I don’t see it as that tragic. 🤗 You don’t have to buy it, after all ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/leo/32/12636_2.png) [@Leo](https://community.rumx.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1940 "2026-08-13T14:28:51Z")
Then go ahead and buy the expensive one and write about what’s inside 😇 ---
**Author:** ![ander\_s](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/ander_s/32/20463_2.png) [@ander\_s](https://community.rumx.com/u/ander_s)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1941 "2026-08-13T14:34:46Z")
Why should I, I never said I think it’s a good concept, just that nobody has to buy it. That’s called free market economy 😉 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Chris2302](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/chris2302/32/33901_2.png) [@Chris2302](https://community.rumx.com/u/Chris2302)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1942 "2026-08-13T14:35:38Z")
We’ve all bought mystery bottles at some point, right? 🙈😜😆 ---
**Author:** ![AntiSEBtisch](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/antisebtisch/32/38302_2.png) [@AntiSEBtisch](https://community.rumx.com/u/AntiSEBtisch)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1943 "2026-08-13T16:51:57Z")
I mean there was an indie from NL who once sold mystery boxes at the trade fair in Nuremberg, but I can’t remember who. Anyway, it wasn’t a SWAT raid @Leo, so everything’s cool 😎 ---
**Author:** ![BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/bananajoe/32/34959_2.png) [@BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/u/BananaJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1944 "2026-08-13T17:03:11Z")
Mystery Box Split - now!!! ---
**Author:** ![Leo](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/leo/32/12636_2.png) [@Leo](https://community.rumx.com/u/Leo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1945 "2026-08-13T18:05:01Z")
A Bottlekill to Calm the Shock ![1000111332](https://community.rumx.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/a/ca937e13cda0f17f6366c79ea14280d11ddd1cc5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![mto75](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/mto75/32/16804_2.png) [@mto75](https://community.rumx.com/u/mto75)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1946 "2026-08-13T19:02:34Z")
yeah, they’ve had that in their lineup pretty easily for two years now. The mystery box for €900 is definitely quite ambitious though 😜 I don’t think the concept is really that far off from advent calendars or those ‘subscription things’ like Whic for example, where samples come every month for an amount X… ---
**Author:** ![BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/bananajoe/32/34959_2.png) [@BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/u/BananaJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1948 "2026-08-14T20:19:51Z")
![image_cropper_1786738777513](https://community.rumx.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/1/01ba272ceddf92f81fe10b3f14423120719d8fe3.jpeg) Much better than expected ---
**Author:** ![BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/bananajoe/32/34959_2.png) [@BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/u/BananaJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1949 "2026-08-15T08:05:07Z")
![image_cropper_1786780951449](https://community.rumx.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/1/91cf35ad2467daca264349710b867d825a37afec.jpeg) News from Swell. Spoiler: Our trip to Armagnac wasn’t entirely unrelated to these bottlings ---
**Author:** ![Schorgelorsch](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/schorgelorsch/32/39953_2.png) [@Schorgelorsch](https://community.rumx.com/u/Schorgelorsch)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 8:47am UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1950 "2026-08-15T08:47:08Z")
That’s certainly a nice result and confirmation of one’s own expertise. ---
**Author:** ![BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/bananajoe/32/34959_2.png) [@BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/u/BananaJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 8:54am UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1951 "2026-08-15T08:54:58Z")
Yeah, you’re definitely a bit ‘proud’ then 🤗 ---
**Author:** ![BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/bananajoe/32/34959_2.png) [@BananaJoe](https://community.rumx.com/u/BananaJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 8:58am UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1952 "2026-08-15T08:58:05Z")
Can be pre-ordered from Sunday onwards, but it’s another Swell Fans bottling. Both are bottlings from Ladevéze, one a Plant de Graisse 2007 and the other an Ugni Blanc from 2009. The Ugni Blanc is really unique and we named it Fraise right away. An Armagnac that smells and tastes so intensely of strawberries and immediately reminded us of a Savanna HERR. If anyone is interested in a set, feel free to contact me. The set is €115. ---
**Author:** ![TheGreatSpooner](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/thegreatspooner/32/24758_2.png) [@TheGreatSpooner](https://community.rumx.com/u/TheGreatSpooner)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359/1953 "2026-08-21T19:20:45Z")
![1000124497](https://community.rumx.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/6/c62164f35b1bc9f1a7509c74b4bac446fa6c2feb.jpeg) Wow … Really delicious after sitting in the glass for a while. Almost juicy and smooth. [Previous page](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359.md?page=96) [Next page](https://community.rumx.com/t/armagnac-and-cognac-talk/8359.md?page=98)