Croizet Grande Réserve Vintage Cognac - 1928 Vintage (40%, 70cl)

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Croizet Grande Réserve Vintage Cognac - 1928 Vintage (40%, 70cl)
  • Croizet Grande Réserve Vintage Cognac - 1928 Vintage (40%, 70cl)
  • Croizet Grande Réserve Vintage Cognac - 1928 Vintage (40%, 70cl)
  • £600.00

Era:  1928 Vintage
ABV:  40%
Volume:  70cl



A particularly good-looking bottle of cognac from one of the region's finest houses: Croizet, founded in 1805 by Léon Croizet and yet the family have been making wines since the 16th century.  The initials B. L. at the bottom of the label are those of Benjamin Léon, grandson of founder Léon.  He was still the owner of the house when this vintage was produced in 1928, but is famous for his earlier interventions to save the cognac industry.  In 1883, he took the bold move to replant the vines ravaged by Phylloxera with American stock and to surround them by stone walls, an effective choice that kept the transplanted vines from becoming diseased.  For this Benjamin was awarded France's highest honour, the Légion d'honneur, which was established by Emperor Napoléon in 1802, just three years before the Croizet house opened its door.  Famously Benjamin also participated in the creation of the 1909 Law that regulated the appellation cognac.

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