Hennessy

Hennessy [ ɛnsi ː ] is a world-leading cognac distillery located in Cognac (France). It is a subsidiary of luxury goods group LVMH.

History

The company is run in the eighth generation of the family Hennessy. Founder of the company in 1765, was the officer Richard Hennessy, the Irish immigrated to Cognac and initially operate only trade in the 18th century. It was not until his son James Hennessy began with the distillation. Already in 1794, the first products were exported to overseas. The company is since 1813 " Jas Hennessy & C ° ".

Under the leadership of Kilian Hennessy Hennessy graduated in 1971 with the champagne producer Moët et Chandon together. 1987 merged it with the coalition Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton handbag manufacturer for global industry leader in the luxury goods industry Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton ( LVMH).

Products

• Hennessy Bras Armé (older version of VS)
• Hennessy Pure White ( for mixed drinks, no longer commercially available)
• Hennessy V.S.
• Hennessy Black
• Hennessy V.S.O.P. Privilege Fine Champagne
• Hennessy Fine de Cognac
• Hennessy Le Peu (production set )
• Hennessy Izambard (production set )
• Hennessy Camp Romain (production set )
• Jimmy Hennessy
• Hennessy X.O. ( Extra Old )
• Hennessy No.1 ( Tres Vieux Cognac has been used in traditional bottle as Hennessy earlier)
• (, Very exclusive, hard to get premium brand ) Hennessy Private Reserve
• Hennessy Privé ( Duty Free )
• Hennessy Paradis
• Hennessy Diptyque ( only in duty- free shops at international airports )
• Richard Hennessy ( after the founder of Hennessy Cognac)
• Hennessy Timeless ( 2,000 limited edition bottles of the millennium, is no longer produced )
• Hennessy Ellipse ( A limited edition, hard to get )

Cocktails

There are special cocktail recipes for ' Hennessy' cognac, such as Crunk juice ( Red Bull ).