D’Ussé is a brand of

cognac Cognac ( , also , ) is a variety of brandy named after the Communes of France, commune of Cognac, France. It is produced in the surrounding wine-growing region in the Departments of France, departments of Charente and Charente-Maritime. Cogn ...

made at the Château du Cognac in

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, France. It is a subsidiary of

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. D’Ussé produces just two cognacs: D’USSÉ VSOP and D’USSÉ XO. D’Ussé VSOP is aged at least four and a half years in the Château de Cognac cellars. D'USSÉ Cognac was founded by Sovereign Brands and conceived by the senior-most cellar master working today, Michel Casavecchia. (Düsse was later sold to

and

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. Sovereign Brands still owns 1/3 of the brand.) D'usse is manufactured at the Château du Cognac. This 200-year-old venue — one of the oldest Cognac houses in

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— is where Casavecchia created D'USSÉ.

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