H.Mounier - 1858

L'ÂME DES ANGES

Slumbering in casks and demijohns in the H. Mounier cellars, precious 19th-century eaux-de-vie.

Mickaël Bouilly,
cellar master

HENRI MOUNIER

1858

Henri Mounier was originally a captain in the Merchant Navy, but changed course to specialise in eaux-de-vie. He took his father-in-law Jean Salmon as cellar master and Eugène Bellet as his business partner. Together they founded Mounier et Compagnie.

 

The story goes that when Henri Mounier was unhappy with an eau-de-vie, he would roll the barrel out of the cellar himself. A man for whom quality was no laughing matter and who carved out a name for himself in the world of Cognac.

 

1858-1874

Cognac enjoyed its golden age and conquered Europe. Henri Mounier understood the importance of getting things right: he would hunt out the best terroirs, lavish great care and attention on distillation and age his Cognacs in oak casks.

 

1874

Henri Mounier specialised in trading Cognac in bottles, distributed in France and abroad under the Henri Mounier & Co banner.

 

1947

The Prince Hubert de Polignac brand was born. This association between the descendent of an illustrious French family and a Cognac house was a first of its kind.

 

1960

The house joined forces with the Unicoop group of vine-growers. Cellars were inaugurated in Gensac La Pallue, next to Cognac.

 

1969

Creation of Reynac, the leading brand of Pineau des Charentes.

1997

H. Mounier joined forces with American Sydney Frank to develop an all-French vodka. Grey Goose* became one of the world’s biggest-selling vodkas.

* Vodka produced by the Bacardi Group today.

 

2006

Launch of the liqueur Kismi

 

2007

Inauguration of the blending cellars, a genuine leap forward in technology.

 

2013

True to its innovative spirit, H. Mounier is developing cutting-edge technologies at the service of its eaux-de-vie, from bottling to brand creation and packaging design.

 

2014

Launch of the Marquis de La Fayette range of cognacs.

 

2017

Creation of the SOURCE Vodka & SOURCE Gin brands.

 

2019

Disposal of the Prince Hubert de Polignac brand.

OUR BRANDS DELIGHT THE WORLD

The H. Mounier brands are distributed in around fifty countries around the world. The company is present on five continents, particularly in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

The Middle East, India and Africa are also among the markets that matter.