Grand Champagne Bonneuil Vintage
⏳ Drinking Window
Ready to enjoy upon release, and can be kept indefinitely when stored upright in a cool, dark place.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate, blue cheese, cured ham
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted exclusively from the chalky, sun-drenched hillsides of the Bonneuil estate in the heart of the Grande Champagne premier cru, this single-estate, single-vintage Cognac represents a modern revolution in a region traditionally dominated by multi-vintage blending. Hine's Bonneuil expression is a liquid snapshot of a single year's harvest, distilled on the lees in traditional copper pot stills to preserve the intense fruitiness and structural elegance of the Ugni Blanc grape. The estate's calcareous clay soils impart a distinct mineral backbone and a remarkably vibrant, floral character. This expression celebrates the raw, unadorned beauty of terroir, offering a rare, vintage-specific journey through one of Cognac's most revered microclimates.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1763 along the banks of the Charente River in Jarnac, Thomas Hine & Co. represents one of Cognac's most distinguished artisanal houses, underscored by being the sole cognac house to hold a British Royal Warrant since 1962. Hine centers its philosophy on the premier crus of Grande and Petite Champagne, farming 115 hectares across the chalk-dominant, undulating hillsides of Bonneuil under certified sustainable practices (HVE and CEC). Under long-standing Cellar Master Eric Forget, the house champions the belief that monumental cognac begins as pristine white wine. Vinified exclusively from Ugni Blanc, the wines undergo double distillation on fine lees in traditional Charentais copper pot stills, followed by aging in lightly toasted, fine-grained French oak casks to preserve floral vivacity and mineral nuance. Renowned for its single-estate and single-vintage bottlings, Hine is celebrated globally for benchmarks such as Antique XO Premier Cru, Homage Grand Cru, and its legendary Early Landed vintages matured in humid British cellars.
🍇 Base Material
Ugni Blanc
🍷 ABV
43%