What wine do you offer to someone who ordinarily drinks spirits? It isn’t an easy task; most spirits are quite different from one another, and high alcohol makes identifying their subtleties more challenging.
A good starting point? The use of oak as an aging vessel is common in both wine and spirits. That's why some single malt scotch distilleries even purchase used barrels that have held other spirits or wines like port or madeira. With that in mind, here are wine recommendations for spirited drinkers.
Single Malt Drinker?
Tequila Sipper?
A gin guzzler?
Cognac sipper?
Cognac and Armagnac are grape distillates that undergo long maturation periods in specific types of oak cask. The French regions of Cognac and Armagnac sit north and south of Bordeaux respectively, so it may not be a far stretch for someone who likes a good Cognac to also enjoy red Bordeaux. However, I think an Amarone makes a better alternative. Amarone, with its deep flavors of dark chocolate, dried fruit and oak, along with its higher alcohol and slightly bitter finish, offers a level of complexity that the brandy lover can appreciate.