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Lembert Cognac
A lesser-known family-run Cognac brand, the house of Lembert works hard to keep decades worth of savoir-faire alive through its small range of exclusive Cognac products. With vines spread across the Petite Champagne, Grande Champagne and Fins Bois crus of Cognac, it may be a small Cognac name but owner Didier Lembert, certainly makes his mark on the local industry, despite the brand’s low-key online presence.
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Didier Lembert
In our quest to expose lesser-known Cognac brands, this week we’re shining the light on Lembert. Proving itself as a firm favorite at our last family blind tasting, Lembert XO left a lasting impression across the entire table. With little recognition outside of France, it’s safe to say, this Cognac house merits some well-deserved attention.
A lesser-known family-run Cognac brand, the house of Lembert works hard to keep decades worth of savoir-faire alive through its small range of exclusive Cognac products. With vines spread across the Petite Champagne, Grande Champagne and Fins Bois crus of Cognac, it may be a small Cognac name but owner Didier Lembert, certainly makes his mark on the local industry, despite the brand’s low-key online presence.
Currently, in its 5th generation, Maison Lembert is fronted by Didier Lembert with help from a nephew who works alongside him in the family-run business. With decades of savoir-faire having been passed on generation after generation, the brand is today more established than ever before.
In the past, Didier once cultivated Colombard grapes, which are today very rare in the Cognac world; however, nowadays, Lembert uses Ugni Blanc grapes exclusively to form their blends of eaux-de-vie. With 22 hectares of the vine to care for extending across 3 of the Cognac crus: Petite Champagne, Grande Champagne and Fins Bois, it’s safe to say Didier and his team have a lot of work on their hands.
Every step of the Cognac making process takes place on-site - from the vinification to the distillation, ageing and blending. During the distillation process, Didier uses Alembic stills of 2500 litres that he inherited from his father (the 4th generation to take the reigns of the business).
Branding
As part of the Cognac producing process, Didier takes pride in ensuring the presentation of his Cognacs are in keeping with the spirit and passion that goes into the brand. Albeit one of the final stages of production, the bottling and branding of a Cognac are fundamental to its sale. So Didier draws inspiration from the whisky industry, where many producers name their brand after the closest river to their estate. In this way, the house of Lembert’s logo is of a “trèffle”, which is the French name for a four-leaf clover, and rather fittingly, it is also the name of a small river located right by where Didier grows his vines.
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