The Folle Blanche collection was born from the Forgeron family's desire to rediscover the Folle Blanche grape variety. It was the traditional grape variety of the Cognac and Armagnac regions. During the phylloxera epidemic at the end of the 19th century, the grape variety disappeared and winegrowers turned to Ugni Blanc, a more resistant variety...
The Folle Blanche collection was born from the Forgeron family's desire to rediscover the Folle Blanche grape variety. It was the traditional grape variety of the Cognac and Armagnac regions. During the phylloxera epidemic at the end of the 19th century, the grape variety disappeared and winegrowers turned to Ugni Blanc, a more resistant variety.
Today, the Forgeron family owns about 5 hectares of plots of land devoted to growing Folle Blanche, in order to rediscover the traditional yet forgotten aromas of Cognac.
Then, each Folle Blanche Cognac is aged in French oak barrels in Michel Forgeron's cellars.
This collection will make you discover aromas less common today in Cognacs and yet so widespread until the 19th century. Some of them will even remind you of Scottish or Irish whisky or even American bourbon with their smoky, iodised, peated or quite exotic notes.
A fine and very fresh nose of lemongrass and white flowers.
A fine and very fresh nose of lemongrass and white flowers.
A spicy and woody nose suggesting a Lowlands whisky.
Spices and blond tobacco, blended with gourmet scents of vanilla and dried apricot.
The sweetness of dried fruit and honey in the mouth. A nose of lime blossom and Timut pepper.
Candied and exotic fruits in an autumn undergrowth.
The sweetness of white fruits with a floral touch, eucalyptus and vanilla.
A vanilla nose suggesting Bourbon or American oak ageing. A mouth full of liquorice, nuts and rancio.
A fine nose of acacia honey or cedar with hints of dried fruit. A woody and spicy palate that will undoubtedly accompany a cigar.