Fanny Fougerat - Cognac Laurier d'Apollon - Harvest 2010

Fanny Fougerat represents the fourth generation of winegrowers and distillers. The cognacs of the family were usually bottled in the cuvées large trading houses, but today it seeks to promote the family know-how. So with her husband, she took over the farm family in 2013 to launch his own brand. Located in Fin Bois and Borderies, the vineyard covers 50 hectares. All along of the year, the objective is to express the nature as well as the identity of the soils in order to highlight the origin and diversity of its cognacs. Harvesting, vinification, distillation and aging are carried out on site. Derived exclusively from single-grape varieties, Fanny Fougerat cognacs are expressive, elegant, aromatic and fresh. Very nice entry level, Petite cigüe is faithful to the framework of the other products: uncluttered, fresh and delicious while being very pleasant and very easy to drink, despite her youth. Grape variety: 100% Ugni Blanc Appellation: Fins Bois, loamy clay soils Harvest year: 2010 and 2014 Distillation: with a little fine lees, double distillation still of 25 HL, casting temperature of the heating cores at 18 ° Aging: 15% of the batch in new barrels No filtration, no cold. No added sugar or caramel. More masculine and powerful than the two previous cognacs. Rich, pleasant for cognac and whiskey lovers. Grape variety: 100% Ugni Blanc, 20-year-old vines Appellation: Petite Champagne Year: harvest of 2010 Distillation: very loaded with lees, double distillation still of 25 HL Aging: French oak barrels, Limousin. 8 months in new barrels, then passage in red barrels (with a first passage of brandy to remove the hardest tannins)