A extremely well matured Fins Bois Cognac from top class bottlers, Grosperrin.

This spirit was produced many, many years ago, with a minimum age of 36 (we cannot be absolutely certain of the vintage but it has been suggested to be 1968).

Fins Bois is by far the largest of Cognac’s crus, and has a range of different terroirs, alongside a great variety of different spirit styles. This bottling illustrates the potential of one of the most interesting vineyards in Fins Bois. The grapes were grown at an elevation of 100 metres – very unusual in the low-lying Cognac region where the average elevation is only around 20 metres. Altitude cools the grapes, ensuring their acids are preserved, and lengthens the growing season by enjoying additional sunlight, allowing them to develop and ripen further.

After the death of the winemaker in 1982, his widow inherited the spirit and the estate, but ceased production after her husband’s death. When she died in 2017, she bequeathed the eaux-de-vie to her children. It was from the children that Grosperrin were able to purchase these barrels, which were housed in the son’s cellars, separated from other lots (the son was now operating his own estate on his parents’ land). The Cognac had been aged in several ancient casks.

The Cognac offers notes of sea salt and flinty minerals, gentle candied fruits, and subtle beeswax, honey (think mead), polished wood, plums in syrup, old oak, cola, chamomile tea, honeysuckle, pineapple in syrup, rancio and prunes.

A truly spectacular Cognac, one of the very finest you are likely to encounter. This dram has been bottled at warming 55.8% ABV – quite an achievement considering the vast age.

• Product type
  Vintage Cognac
• Distillery / brand
  Grosperrin
• Country
  France
• Region
  Fins Bois
• Non-chillfiltered
  Yes
• Natural colour
  Yes
• SKU
  041779