Back to Stories

3 Hennessy cognac cocktails to accompany your Limited Editions

As the year comes to an end, Maison Hennessy pays tribute to nature with joyful and luxurious Limited Edition cognac bottles designed by the French artist Julien Colombier and also with 3 cognac cocktail recipes.

V.S limited edition

To accompany these Limited Edition bottles by Julien Colombier, Hennessy created 3 signature cocktails to celebrate the festive season:
the Twinkle Jasmine cocktail, the Christmas Basil cocktail and the Cherry Floral cocktail.

The cocktails

The Christmas Basil cocktail with Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilège

Blonde in colour and snappy, spicy and fruity in flavour, the Christmas Basil cocktail will appeal to those who enjoy a drink that’s highlighting complex vanilla notes. With its characteristic taste and fruity sweetness, the rich roundness of the V.S.O.P pays tribute to this excellent, terroir-driven cognac cocktail.

40 ml Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilège cognac

10 ml Vanilla Liqueur

20 ml Lemon juice

15 ml Simple syrup

90 ml Rooibos tea

2 dash Orange bitters

Add all cocktail ingredients to a shaker tin with ice, shake to chill, strain into a Collins glass and garnish your drink with a lemon twist and shiso leaf.

The Cherry Floral cocktail with Hennessy X.O

The Cherry Floral cognac cocktail is clean and smooth, like orange sherbet, with a bit of spice and bracing heat at the end. The hibiscus adds a floral note to this drink while the chai tea brings the warmth. Bright, floral aromas come through in this cocktail, and thanks to the X.O cognac, the palate is far more wintery, spicy, round and mellow.

40 ml Hennessy X.O cognac

1 large Hibiscus and chai tea cube*

Place the cube in a glass and pour X.O over it.

The floral and spice cube:

Add 450 ml of boiling water to 1 Hibiscus tea bag and 1 chai tea bag in a heat proof container, steep for 5-7 minutes then remove bags, allow to cool and pour the drink into large cube ice moulds. Allow to freeze for 24 hours.

Hennessy X.O x Julien Colombier

The collaboration between Hennessy and Julien Colombier reveals an artistic universe – inspired by a luxuriant plant world, and showcased through Limited Edition bottles.

In 1870, Maurice Hennessy, a 4th-generation member of the Hennessy family, asked the Master Blender Emile Fillioux, a descendant of the Hennessy Master Blender Jean Fillioux, to create a special cognac for his family and friends, using long-aged eaux-de-vie to perfect the blend. They called it “X.O” for “Extra Old”, the original, and a legend was born. Hennessy X.O attained international renown and contributed to the development of the category XO which is a gauge of uncompromising quality. Thanks to 150 years of meticulous know-how, Hennessy X.O remains as inspiring today as it was the day Hennessy first shared it with his inner circle. The powerful and balanced structure of Hennessy X.O carries the promise of an extremely long finish, with each drop an invitation to embark on a journey of the senses through seven tasting notes.

Purchase