There is no production date on the Hennessy X.O bottle, and the production date cannot be used to describe X.O. Because X.O itself represents the age and alcoholic quality of the wine, X.O represents a level of brandy. It is pure grape distilled wine and is aged in oak barrels. After being blended by professional bartenders, the wine that is configured with X.O has the minimum age. The period is 6 years, and industry insiders say it is generally 30 to 50 years, and the higher-level X.O Chen is 70 years. The label on the wine bottle refers to the filling date, which is when the prepared wine is bottled and entered into the sales market. ?
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Hennessy Cognac was founded in the Cognac region of France by Richard Hennessy in 1765 and is one of the three major Cognac brands in the world. Since the founding of Hennessy Cognac more than 250 years ago, the exquisite blending skills of Cognac have been passed down to this day through the two families of Hennessy and Fairvaux. According to the different taste needs of global consumers, products with unique local characteristics are launched, such as Hennessy New Point, Hennessy V.S.O.P, Hennessy X.O, Hennessy Paradise, Hennessy Royal Jubilee, Hennessy Richard, etc.
In 1765, the founder, Mr. Hennessy Richard, was an Irishman who served as a soldier under Louis XV. He was extremely brave, so he was quickly promoted to captain and awarded a medal. The arm of the battle ax represents bravery and wealth. When he came to the Cognac region in southern France in 1760, he was intoxicated by the harmonious and warm scene there and decided to retire and return to his fields. And in 1765, he created the Hennessy brand. Since then, Louis XV has lost a brave and capable general, and Louis XVI, who knows how to enjoy life best, has received admirable cognac in his Palace of Versailles. The Hennessy family registered the trademark Jas Hennessy & Co and the tomahawk arm in 1813 and continues to use it today.
In 1817, King George IV placed an order with Hennessy, seeking a perfect bottle of light-colored aged cognac. This is the origin of Hennessy V.S.O.P.
1865: Morris Hennessy, the great-grandson of founder Richard Hennessy, decided to create a Cognac classification. He used different stars to indicate different qualities of Cognac, and raised Hennessy Cognac to three stars, now called VS (Very Special). This classification standard was soon adopted by the entire cognac industry.
Hennessy continued to expand the market, and in 1859 it was shipped to Shanghai for the first time and entered the Chinese market.
In 1870, Maurice Hennessy, the fourth generation of the Hennessy family, and Emile Fairvod, the third generation chief blender, founded Hennessy X.O as friends and relatives, becoming the world's first brand. A bottle of X.O.
In 1971, William Hennessy, the seventh generation of the Hennessy family, brokered the merger of Mo?t & Chandon Champagne and Hennessy Cognac to create the Moet & Chandon Hennessy Group.
In 2011, Hennessy launched Hennessy New Point for the Chinese market. Hennessy New Point is a product between Hennessy V.S and Hennessy V.S.O.P. In the same year, Hennessy launched Hennessy Paradise Imperial Jubilee.