Grosperrin 1973 Petite Champagne Emb. 09-2020 50.6° C

This Grosperrin Petite Champagne is a 1973 vintage cognac from a family of notaries who have lived in Cognac for several generations.

This lot was part of the estate of the father, who had bequeathed part of his private stock to his wife and son, a notary like himself. The father had bought it in January 1974 from one of his clients, who was then the president of one of the most important Cognac houses. The lot thus comes from the distillery and cellars of a house still renowned today.

Unfortunately, when the father died, the son and mother didn't get on any more, and the succession was bogged down for many years, until the Grosperrin house came up with a solution. This is a very "sentimental" cognac, which was stored under state control (ORECO) on January 25, 1974 in an old, very damp cellar on the banks of the Charente, which has since become the Musée du Cognac.

It was bottled in September 2020 after a slight reduction in alcohol content.