Cépages–GrandeChampagne–CognacGrosperrin

The Cépages cognac cuvée from Grande Champagne appellation, produced by Cognac Grosperrin, is a blend of Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche and Colombard.

This cognac is made from Folle Blanche, Colombard and Ugni Blanc grapes. It comes from the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 (10%) vintages, from a single Grande Champagne property.

In general, the cognac is made from a single grape variety, Ugni Blanc (the majority at nearly 98%). The Grosperrin family was willing to produce a blend, and they remembered how the « bouilleurs de crus » (distillers) did in the past, when their plots were rich in numerous grape varieties, with different maturities, and they distilled with 3, 5 or 7 hectolitre stills. Contrary to today’s fashion, mono-varieties did not exist! They had to harvest and vinify according to the maturities, and startthe “brouillisâ€?according to their fermentations, by barrels. Finally, blend the “brouillisâ€?(of grape varieties), at 28-30% with the right temperatures.

Naturally, the percentage of grape varieties changes every year. The resulting eau-de-vie is then aged in barrels in their cellars, vintage after vintage, before the blend of the vintages themselves.