Denis-Mounié
Denis-Mounié was a medium-sized, well-regarded cognac house in the city of Cognac. They have been the purveyor to King Edward VII. In return they created the Grande Réserve Edouard VII for this.
The most important logo of Denis-Mounié was the ´Gold Leaf´.
- 1838 Founded by two winemakers, Justin Denis en Henri Mounié: J. Denis and Henri Mounié & Co. (according to another source: 1828)
- Around 1934 they started using the Niox brand name for US export and they ended up acquiring Niox after the War.
- 1977 Taken over by Bénédictine (1969 according to ; 1975 according to James Long).
- 1982 sold to Hine (1980 according to other sources, 1985 acoording to yet another source).
- 1987 Hine becomes the property of LV-MH (Hennessy).
- 2003 Hine is sold to CL Financial group, Trinidad; the Denis-Mounié brand remains with Hennessy.
Denis-Mounié was in possession of the following brand names:
- Aguins, A.
- Arnaud, L.
- Gold Leaf
- Baron d’Arcy
- Califet
- Des Carmes (produced by Denis-Mounié)
- Carteau
- Comandon
- Danflou
- Darcy (zie ook Baron d’Arcy)
- Le Drouant (produced by Denis-Mounié for the restaurant)
- Latournel
I’m also interested in what year it was made. Thank you
Greetings, dear Ton. Please tell me what you think about this bottle? What is its endurance and what class does it belong to? I would also like to hear from you its approximate cost. Thank you
Hello Yurii,
Nice bottle. Made for the Berlin Restaurant Lamazère, probably bottled in the 1970s.
Vieille fine champagne, so ‘compte 4’, officially aged for more than four years. But this is also called Réserve Spéciale. It is probably a mix of average 20-25 year-old cognacs with the youngest cognac aged 5-6 years.
I estimate this bottle will fetch 150-200€.
Cheers,
Ton
I have an empty bottle of 1865 DM. My father opened it many years ago, but it had gone off!
My mother in law is a Hennessy, so good to know that it is still in the family.
My photo was too big to send.
Sorry to hear the cognac was no longer good. It was a terrific brand. I once had an Edward VII that I was quite impressed with.
Or one of the other 1865 vintages that are on the bottle catalog page?
Have you seen the bottle-catalog of Denis-Mounié? It is here.
And maybe it was this bottle?
Your site is an amazing resource; I’ve learned a lot!
Could you tell me anything about this one? Looks like it’s pre-1977 (series 112 tax strip, labeled as 4/5 quart) but I haven’t seen any other bottles labeled as “grande fine champagne,” or with the labelling info printed directly on the bottle.
Hello Pat,
Grande fine champagne has the same meaning as Grande champagne.
112 Series was from 1961 till 1982. After 1977 ‘US Internal Revenu’ on the tax seal changed into ‘Bureau ATF’, so if it still says ‘US internal Revenu’ it is after 1962 and before 1977. Because the glass is frosted I estimate this bottle after 1972.
I haven’t seen this bottle before. Could you send a picture of the whole bottle please? On this one the bottom part is cut off.
I also wonder what is written on the shoulder blob?
Kind regards,
Ton
Thanks for the quick reply, Ton. Not much more to the front of the bottle; I’ve included a full shot and a shot of the back label.
The blob says “Extra”
thanks
Pat
Hi Pam,
This must be early 1930s.
I am not well-grounded re display bottles, but these labels were used on real bottles until 1936. Maybe one year extra, to finish what was left in stock, but then the text changed to: ‘By appointment of the late King George V’.
Regards,
Ton
about 18-24″ tall; is this a back bar or promotional bottle; what year; thank you