Claude Chatelier is a fairly young cognac brand. It was founded by Alexander Gabriel in 1989. Today it is owned by Maison Ferrand, famous for both its own cognac, Plantation rum and Citadelle gin. Claude Chatelier is made from grapes grown in the Petit Champagne region. The fermented wine is distilled…
Jas Hennessy & Co is the world's largest cognac manufacturer, with a market share of approximately 40%. The Hennessy Cognac House was founded by Richard Hennessy in 1765. Today, Hennessy cognacs are produced by Moet Hennessy, which in turn is owned by Louis Vuitton and Moet Hennessy’s parent company LVMH and…
Renault Cognac House is a creation of Jean Anton Renault. It was founded in 1835 in the town of Cognac. Jean is said to be a great traveler and innovator, bringing new ideas of cognac making from his travels. Renault was the first manufacturer to bottle cognac before export, instead of…
The Hardy Cognac House was founded by the Englishman Anthony Hardy in 1863. Anthony was a wine merchant in London and often visited France to see the production of the wines he sold. He fell in love with the Cognac area, decided to move there also and start producing his own…
Larsen is a cognac house founded in 1926 by Jens Rydar Larsen from Norway. It is a well-known cognac brand in the Nordic and Baltic countries, where its current owner, Altia Group, has a strong foothold. Larsen’s VSOP is a blend of distillates made from grapes grown in two different regions,…
Larsen Cognac House was founded by Norwegian Jens Rydar Larsen in 1926. He moved to the French Cognac Province in 1919, married a Frenchwoman and bought Joseph Gautier’s Cognac Factory. In 2012, Larsen was first sold to Remy Cointreu, who sold it a year later to the Finnish Altia Group. Larsen's…
Gautier VSOP is a blend of cognacs from different regions. The distillates have been matured for a minimum of four and a maximum of six years. It is one of the cheapest VSOP cognacs in Estonia and Latvia, a 50cl plastic bottle costs only € 15.50. The aroma is very light,…
Gautier Cognac is amongst the oldest Cognac houses. Gautier is based in Aigre on the Osme river, and ages in an 18th century water mill. It remained in the possession of the Gautier family for ten generations until Marie Brizard bought the house in 1995. Ten years later it was bought…