Cognac GROSPERRIN - Bons Bois - 25 years old - Lot 1071 - 46.5%
There Grosperrin House was created by Jean Grosperrin who arrived in Cognac in 1991 after occupying the positions of agricultural worker, shepherd and sheep shearer in the summer. In 1992, he became a country broker and set out to meet small farms in the region, in search of the rarest lots. But in 1999, he took a new turn and bought a few casks of old cognacs. Combined with its three stills, the story of Grosperrin Cognacs begins. In 2004, it is his son Guilhem who takes over the company. It constitutes stocks and enriches the cellars of exceptional Cognacs. Also, he select plots and initiates contracts with winegrowers . In 2012, he went to meet the foreign importers and thus develops a network of amateurs and collectors.
This 25-year-old Bons Bois Cognac comes from a polycultivator in the Chalais region. His grandfather had started growing vines at the beginning of the last century, an activity taken over by his father and then by himself. This elderly winegrower was forced to stop operating in 2003, in a context of crisis, for lack of a buyer.