Raison Personnelle N°6 Single Cask Grande Champagne Cognac

Raison Personnelle N°6 Single Cask Grande Champagne Cognac

Raison Personnelle is the work of Sabine and Bertrand de Witasse, who farm around twenty hectares of Ugni Blanc on the slopes around the church of Angeac-Champagne, in Grande Champagne. They distil on two Charentais copper stills built in 1935, one of them fired by wood, and bottle roughly one cask at a time, fewer than 600 bottles a year, each one hand numbered. Raison N°6 is a single cask, 100% Grande Champagne and 100% distilled over a wood fire, bottled in a 37.5cl format. It sits alongside the numbered assemblages in the XO range.

The eau-de-vie was distilled in 2006 and bottled in 2025 at 41.6% vol. Coming from one cask rather than a blend, it shows a single register: clear honey, with the chalk of the cru underneath. For the background on Sabine and Bertrand, read our introduction to the house.

A single cask from an estate that fills fewer than 600 bottles a year is a short run by any measure, and the half bottle makes it an easy way into the house.

Presentation of the bottle

A 37.5cl clear bottle with a wood topped cork sealed in orange wax. The paper label carries a photograph of the estate vineyard in winter with the house and grape motif drawn over it, the lot code, then RAISON N°6 and the line Appellation Cognac Grande Champagne contrôlée.

How to drink

Serve neat in a tulip glass at room temperature, after a meal. Sabine de Witasse pours it alongside chocolate desserts, and the house also drinks it as an aperitif over ice in summer. No water is needed at this strength.