Expert: Paul Wagner - 2/26/2009

Question
hi i have a camus cognac vielle reserve with serial number D.F 347 it is in a round cylinder it is on the right of the pic witch im pretty sure its a wade a i do not have the bottle on me at the moment coudl u give me a rough valuation please?

Answer
HI Simon

This is a product that Camus doesn't make any more---they now have a new line, that includes a Cognac called: Extra Elegance.  It sells for about $200-250 a bottle.  And that's about what your bottle would sell for.  Distilled spirits like this don't improve with more age in the bottle--the alcohol levels are so high that really don't evolve the way some fine wines do.  So your bottle would sell for about the same as an equivalent bottling today.

Sorry that I can't give you  more exciting news.

Paul Wagner