Frapin’s fifth Cuvée Rabelais release is both a blend of some of the house’s oldest eaux-de-vie and a celebration of its historic link with 16th-century humanist and writer François Rabelais. It shows expressive tropical fruit, tangerine peel, evolving into dried apricot, with beeswax and dark honey emerging on the palate. The liquid is packaged in a teardrop-shaped, crystal and gold hand-made decanter.