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Le Cognac d'Arlette L.70
Appellation Petite Champagne Contrôlée
500ml – 44.6% vol.
€195.00
Tax included
Le cognac d'arlette
Fiche d'identité
Growth Area
Petite champagne
ABV
44.6%
Contains
500ml
Grape variety
Ugni Blanc
Number of bottles
366
Lot
L.70
The Story
Born in 1931 on the family vineyard, Arlette Pinaud was the only daughter of Henriette and Alphée Pinaud. She grew up in Lagarde-sur-le-Né, surrounded by cousins of roughly the same age. When war broke out again, her father fought but was captured and spent 1940-45 as a POW, working various jobs and learning many trades in Germany. He marched 200 km home to find a wife and daughter still joyful despite the traumas of war.
During this period, Arlette aided her mother and maternal grandfather on the estate that would later become hers. At one of her many cousins' weddings, she met Guy Noblet, son of a vintner from Foussignac in Fins Bois. They hit it off immediately and charted their own destiny, marrying in 1956. They united their estates as well, covering three crus: Petite Champagne with Lagarde-sur-le-Né, Fins Bois with Foussignac, and Grande Champagne with Mainxe. They became professional distillers, adding two 25-hectoliter pot stills to their two existing 20-hectoliter stills in 1971. This cognac, distilled the year before, was born of one of the 20-hectoliter stills.
Guy and Arlette loved each other, music, dancing, wine-growing, distilling, and traveling. Their two children, Gerard and Marie-José, run the vineyards today. Marie-José continues to distill her harvest from Mainxe and Foussignac with the four pot stills. The vineyard in Lagarde had to be sold in the late 80s when Alphée passed away, to keep the rest of the estate running. Gerard's health issues only allow him to help his sister minimally now. At 93 years old, Arlette is still here in body, with her charming smile and inner joy still intact. Marie-Jo shared the story of her family with us and this very special cognac.
In her own childhood, Marie-Jo told us of their care-free family vacations, which began with packing the car and setting off on unknown adventures. Not knowing where they would sleep was never a problem; they would find shelter, or if not, sleep in the car. Life was simple and fun in those days when this cognac was distilled.
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