Bache Gabrielsen

2011 turned out to be the hottest year in France since weather records began a century ago. One of the main features of 2011 was an exceptionally warm and dry spring and fall. April and October were the hottest months on record, with April exceeding the average by more than 4.2°C. The hot, dry weather resulted in the exceptional 2011 vintage of Petite Champagne.

XO Fine Champagne from Maison Bache Gabrielsen has aged for 10 to 30 years in Limousin oak barrels. It is a blend of Grande Champagne and Petite Champagne, also called Fine Champagne.

A Cognac created in homage to the founder of the House, Thomas Bache Gabrielsen, by selecting the finest eaux-de-vie from Grande and Petite Champagne.

Bache Gabrielsen XO Premium is the result of a perfect blend of eaux-de-vie aged in oak barrels for many years. A soft and full cognac, offering great depth of flavors.

Serenity Extra from Maison Bache Gabrielsen is a blend of Grande Champagne eaux-de-vie from 20 to 60 years old. This Cognac has the distinction of being made with a generous portion of the old and rare Folle blanche grape variety.

The year 2001 marked the beginning of the new millennium by starting on a Monday, as the beginning of a new era. In the vineyards, this new millennium has delivered an excellent first vintage. The winter was cold and rainy and the summer scorching with cold temperatures at night. These climatological conditions allowed optimal ripening of the grapes, which developed rich...

2002 marked a turning point in European history as the single currency was adopted and as the British Monarchy lost the Queen Mother (Elizabeth). In Cognac, Bache Gabrielsen Cellar Master selected two lots of the 2002 vintage from two distinct areas of Grande Champagne, which expressed great complementarity when blended together.

Last vintage of the 20th century ! 1999 was a tough year for Mother Nature, the Erika tanker was wrecked off the coast of Brittany and Storm Lothar raged in Western Europe. Cognac production was lucky enough to resist this tempest, although the bad weather conditions made it one of the smallest productions of the century, and therefore one of the rarest.

1988 happened to be a leap year starting on a Friday. The month of August that year had been extremely painful for the cognac vineyards, as well as for modern art enthusiasts and car addicts. Because both Jean-Michel Basquiat and Enzo Ferrari died that month and because it only rained 7.8mm in the Cognac region. Tough but promising conditions for a vintage quality, as the...

This single estate cognac comes from the vines of the late Mr. Garraud in Chérac-Borderies and was aged for 30 years in his personal cellar. Mr. Garraud was a friend of the house, a passionate winemaker and cognac expert with whom we worked for decades. The winter of 1993 was marked by bitterly cold, dry weather, followed by a mild, rainy spring. This particular climate...

Hors d'Age from Maison Bache Gabrielsen is a blend of Grande Champagne eaux-de-vie, the oldest of which date back to 1917 and the youngest of the 1960s.

In 1973, the Watergate scandal was in full swing in the United States, the first oil crisis hit the world and the heatwave raged in the cognac vineyards in mid-August. Imperturbable, this vintage will have kept all of its promises after spending 37 years in casks. In 2011, Bache Gabrielsen cellar master decided to transfer it to one of the demi-johns living in the...

To celebrate its 115th anniversary, Maison Bache-Gabrielsen has created Liberté. This Cognac in a limited edition of 500 bottles is an exclusive blend of two Grande Champagne eaux-de-vie dating from 1944 and 1945. Each has spent more than 70 years in oak barrels to reveal delicate and harmonious aromas.