Dudognon Reserve des Ancetres Cognac Grande Champagne

Short Description

It is a cognac made from a blend of cognacs coming exclusively from the family vineyard older than the minimum age of 10 years required by law and distilled in the last century.

The color is light mahogany and very shiny.

On the nose, very nice sensations of white flowers, recently mown summer herbs, leather and musk with a light finish of coffee and chocolate flavors with a hint of vanilla and undergrowth.

On the palate, there is a presence of vanilla and wood and a very good length.

The Dudognon family is based in Lignères-Sonneville, a village among the most prestigious but few villages of the Grande Champagne de Cognac, classified Premier Cru of the delimited appellation area of ​​the Cognac region. The wine-growing property called Le Davore, occupied by this family since 1776, is nestled a little away from the village while the vineyard for the most part is on a very limestone hillock, a guarantee of very high quality for the wines harvested. and distilled on this very recognized terroir.

The vineyard covers a dozen hectares harvested with care and in stages depending on the grape varieties used and their state of ripening at the time of the harvest: the Ugni Blanc in majority, Folle Blanche and Montils.

The wines collected will be distilled and the cognacs will then age for several years, some of which, the oldest, for more than 75 years.

Cognacs often rewarded for their qualities and reliable values:

Gold medal in 1898, then in 1990 renewed in 1998, a century later.

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