Famed French cognac maker Hennessy and famed shoemaker Berluti both part of the LVMH luxury goods empire have collaborated to provide the ultimate cognac experience for connoisseurs the world over.
The limited edition XO Mathusalem bottle is said to be a hand-blown crystal decanter originally designed by the Marquis de Geoffre in 1947, each bottle has its edition number engraved upon it.
The limited edition XO Mathusalem comes in a custom-made leather trunk by Berluti and signed by Olga Berluti, a fourth generation Berluti family member.
Each chest takes 70 hours to build and inside each one is a catenella, a wooden element found in Venetian gondolas upon which is carved the gondolier’s initials and the boatyard’s hallmark. A certificate of ownership accompanies each trunk as well.
The rich, mellow Hennessy XO cognac itself has notes of old leather along with black pepper, cloves, cinnamon, vanilla and crystallized fruit.
Hennessy chairman and CEO Bernard Peillon described the XO Mathusalem at the chest’s recent unveiling in China as ‘something that will remain beyond the sharing of cognac, the chest and cognac become something very personal. Once you finish the bottle, you can keep the memory of it’.
