Today’s post features just one cognac, but it’s an especially old one: a Clos de la Groie Vieille Réserve Sélection du Papy Franck. A mouthful of a name, to say the least. Le Clos de la Groie is the commercial label of the Denechere family estate in Brie-sous-Matha, in the Fins Bois cru of Cognac, about 15 km from the town of Cognac. The property has remained in the same family for five generations and covers around 80 hectares of vines, growing ugni blanc for Cognac as well as wine grapes used for Pineau, liqueurs, and other products.
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