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Company Ackerman, specialist in fine sparkling wines, has grown from generation to generation. It has done so by respecting the growers it works with, and the region’s terroirs, through a relationship based on trust and excellent service. Its fresh and fruity premium wines add a touch of French elegance to all types of convivial moments. This long term strategy concerns first and foremost branded fine sparkling wines, followed by Loire AOCs and white and rosé French varietals. Its original shareholders: local growers united together within Loire Valley cooperative wineries. Along the lines of Jean-Baptiste Ackerman, who brought the “Méthode Traditionnelle” to Saumur in 1811 (the Loire is the second sparkling region of production in France after Champagne)… Along the lines of Comtesse Fleury, who didn’t hesitate to go to Canada to promote De Neuville wines in between the two world wars, at a time when the forms of transport were far less convenient than today’s means… Along the lines of Maurice Rémy, who was one of the first in the Loire Valley to work with the supermarket trade and to launch advertising campaigns about wine. The modest couple from Brussels, who gave birth to a certain Jean-Baptiste on the 24th of June 1790, never imagined that they would become the parents of a talented provocateur. As his grand parents were farmers, it is not quite by chance that 20 years later, around 1811 and after many trips abroad, the boy settled down in France in the rich terroir of Saumur. Suitable geographic conditions explain this choice: the terroir of Saumur, with its chalky soil, dominated by tufa gives wines with a natural fizz. The area also benefits from other favourable characteristics, such as waterways facilitating the transportation of goods, well-established links with Touraine allowing for the easy supply of wines, and abundant available manual labour. The Loire is a source of diversity through its terroirs, its wines and its men. This is a diversity characterised by the members of the Ackerman House, who work autonomously at the service of a shared identity and heritage. Last but not least, conviviality reflecting the Epicurean art of life in the Loire Valley. Products Its implication in the vineyards, from pruning through to harvesting: a technical consultant assists growers from the start to put different techniques into place according to the vineyards. Its premium maturing techniques: the wines are treated like first growths, with for example, a two year ageing period on lees to increase the finesse of the bubbles of the Grande Réserve selection. Its leading position: if the Loire Valley is the number 1 producer of bubbles in France after Champagne, Ackerman is the leading operator, as 55% of its sales are derived from “bubbles”. Its wide and well-targeted distribution network: Ackerman is the Loire’s leader in fine bubbles, with notably a premium positioning in the Loire AOC, Saumur and Crémant sparkling segments. Its innovative spirit: true to the pioneering philosophy of Jean-Baptiste, Ackerman keeps innovating when it comes to sparkling wines, with brands that are helping to diversify the market and to recruit new consumers: X Noir… ACKERMAN 19, rue Léopold Palustre Saint Hilaire Saint Florent 49400 Saumur - FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)2 41 53 03 16 Fax: +33 (0)2 41 53 03 18 Website: www.ackerman.fr Representative: Mr Thomas Frotté - Export Manager Contact details: tfrotte@ackerman.fr These are wines boasting great typicity, fine bubbles, and the prestige of a great brand, which has managed over the past two hundred years to seduce the world. Highly accessible, Ackerman offers sparkle, light and tasty moments. An inherited pioneering spirit: innovating to create value -4-
Company The Abécassis family has built up one of the largest Single Estate organisations within the Cognac appellation. Being a Single Estate means controlling from A to Z all steps of the elaboration of Cognac: vineyards, wine making, distillation, ageing, blending and bottling. 1) Vineyards: The exceptional “terroirs” owned by the Abécassis family are characterized by gentle chalk slopes in Petite Champagne and one of the chalkiest hilltops in the Fins Bois region. In addition, the decision to harvest the grapes is taken by the owners together with their master distillers to choose perfect ripeness. 2) Wine making: The choice of yeast is carefully carried out by the cellar master and the temperature of the wine cellar is fully controlled with cooled wine making tanks, ensuring that way an optimum fermentation. 3) Distillation: The permanent presence of the master distiller on the estate guarantees that cuts are done at the very precise moment to draw the maximum from distillation. 4) Barrels: The Abécassis family invests yearly in about 150 new 400 litres barrels in order to ensure natural oak colouring and flavouring and, a very strict choice of French Oak barrels is made each year, coming from trees of the Limousin or Tronçais forests. 5) Ageing: The Abécassis estates offer the cellar master the opportunity to choose between 17 different ageing cellars, split between dry and wet cellars which provide different complexities adding to the richness of blends when regular tasting enables decisions concerning the movements between different barrels types and different cellars during the ageing process. Being a Single Estate Cognac producer enables the Abécassis family’s Cognacs to propose genuinely flavoured spirits to the consumers who seek the specificity of Cognac’s aromas. Abécassis family’s Single Estate Cognac consists of 250 ha of vineyards, 4 winemaking facilities, 4 distilleries (9 pot stills), 17 ageing cellars and 1 automated bottling chain. Products The brands operated are: Cognac LEYRAT: the icon of the Fins Bois cru Cognac LE REVISEUR: a traditional Cognac from Petite Champagne ABK6 Cognac: a blend from the two estates; Fins Bois and Petite Champagne, offering astonishing smoothness to a new generation ABK6 COGNAC Domaine de chez Maillard 16440 Claix - FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)5 45 66 35 72 Fax: +33 (0)5 45 66 48 34 Website: www.abk6-cognac.com Representative : Mrs Louise Viero - Export Manager Contact details : louise@abk6-cognac.com Mob: +33 6 12 88 42 54 -6-5-
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