Guinness World Records Crowns 328-Year-Old Bottle as World’s Oldest Cognac

The appeal of vintage spirits, or “dusties” is two-fold. They function as a time capsule, offering a tangible view into another era of distilled spirits, but there’s also the exclusivity element. Once a dusty’s gone, there’s a slim chance that you’ll find another one just like it. And on August 11, the Guinness World Records association officially recognized what is possibly the mother of all vintage spirits: a bottle of 1696 Jules Robin Cognac owned by Cognac collector Lars Janssen in the Netherlands. The article Guinness World Records Crowns 328-Year-Old Bottle as World’s Oldest Cognac appeared first on VinePair .

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