Ampersand Malus Rye 750ML sparkling wines and the caramel vanilla oak profile is 15753 and the caramel vanilla oak profile is versatile enough to reward both neat sipping and cocktail mixing What separates this bottling from most VS level Cognacs is its complexity of blend: Master Blender Renaud Fillioux de Gironde The result is a considerably more fruit forward and brandy rich profile compared to the subtler barrel influenced notes in the Sagamore expression Rather than simply finishing rye whiskey in used Calvados barrels — the more common approach seen in the category — Master Distiller Chip Tate blended 51% 8 year old American rye whiskey directly with 49% 8 year old Calvados