Cepages Nobles, 5 jaar gelagerd Domaine Boingnères recently celebrated its 200th anniversary. The estate was acquired on June 20, 1807 by Jean Boingnères, an ancestor of proprietor Martine Lafitte. It is located in the small commune of Le Frêche, perhaps the best growing soil of the Bas-Armagnac.

While distillation has taken place on the property since the early part of this century, until 1951 part of their wine was sold to wine merchants and part put through a traveling still to make a few barrels of armagnac. The small storehouse contained the crown jewels of the estate, vintages from the twenties and thirties.

Raymond Baudoin, the founder of Vin de France magazine and the Academie du Vin de France was very well known in the quality wine growing circles where he encouraged and promoted direct sales. He was astounded by the stunning quality of the armagnacs of Jean-Baptiste Boingnères, and immediately arranged for the spirits to be sent to the finest restaurants in Paris.