Our Philosophy

By definition, a collection is perpetually changing and so does ours. Certain products go out of stock and disappear while other new products enter the collection. Our Collection was first created in 1999. Since then, La Gabare's stock has increased each year thanks to some magnificent discoveries, in particular in the Borderies region. We can now offer many different vintages covering all five cognac crus. Some vintages, mainly pre 1960, are extremely rare and only available in very small quantities, since very few winegrowers manage to conserve part of their previous harvests.

Despite an upturn in the late 1990s, the Cognac region has suffered a sharp drop in sales over the last two decades and this, combined with ever increasing costs, has forced winegrowers to sell off their production every year. At times, the year's production alone is not enough and they are forced to sell some of what their grandfather had set aside for example, in order to pay inheritance taxes or meet the financial requirements of the next generation. Most often, these very old cognacs come from winegrowers who were either already retired or reaching retirement at that time and had no heirs. As a result, they were able to keep these reserves for a later date.

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