We were at the Order of Malta International Mass at Lourdes and waiting for the underground Basilica to fill up when a conversation was struck up with a Knight sitting behind us. This French Knight turned out to the Comte de Dampierre, who owns the Chateau de Plassac in the Cognac region. One of only a handful of chateaux in the Cognac region, the estate (which had been in his family for 8 generations) produces Cognac, Pineau de Charentes as well as Vin de Pays Charentes. The latter is from Cabernet and Merlot, which gives a clue to the grapes used for the red Pineau.
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