Frapin "1270" Cognac
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2019 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Double Gold Medal Winner
Its warm, golden highlights give it a beautiful straw color, bearing witness to its time in new Limousin oak barrels. Its aromas of vine and lime blossom, with a light touch of vanilla from its ageing in Limousin barrels, promise the aromatic richness characteristic of a great cognac. On the palate, there is roundness, finesse and balance. Length on the palate due to a very special distillation over fine lees, with slight vanilla or toast notes, adding a touch of freshness and originality.
Family-owned Pierre Frapin is a rarity among cognac producers - one of few such firms to own its own vineyards. Frapin's 741-acre domain, which includes 494 acres of prime Grande Champagne vineyard, took the Frapin family five centuries to amass. It constitutes the largest single vineyard in this top-rated appellation where average holdings seldom exceed 30 acres. The Frapin family's ties to the Cognac district of the Charentes region of southwest France span over 20 generations, extending all the way back to the early 1200s.
Today Frapin is owned by Geneviève Frapin and her husband, Max Cointreau. Management is in the expert hands of their daughter, Beatrice Cointreau.