Distillerie Tessendier & Fil began its journey in 1862. Gaston Tessendier, a son of French noble by blood, acquired Buisson as well as other land and plots of vines to create the Tessendier family estate. He tenderly cultivated the family vineyards with the sole purpose of creating outstanding eaux-de-vie from 1880s onwards.

His single-minded ambitions grew on his son, Claude Tessendier, and soon, it was his turn to take over. Claude started the art of distillation and ageing of cognacs. He learnt and refined his methods over the years before passing his skills to his son, Jean Claude Tessendier.

Jean, in return, passed on his skills to his two sons, Lilian and Jérôme Tessendier. In 1992, Lilian and Jérôme took over the distillery from their father. The vast knowledge passed down from the generations enabled Lilian and Jérôme to become highly skilled master blenders, earning them the title as the “Creators of Cognacs”.

In 1993, Jérôme met the intrepid and visionary Dominic Park, a Scottish man who newly discovered the lands of Cognac. Park wanted to create an exclusive, crafted cognac bearing his name and expressed his wish to work with Distillerie Tessendier.

Jérôme agreed to collaborate with Dominic Park and Cognac Park was born. At the request of Dominic, Jérôme created tailor-made blends, using only the finest and most complex of eaux-devie. Cognac Park became the pioneers of “made to measure” cognacs or “Craft Cognacs”.

The collaboration lasted until 2008, when Dominic Park passed on. Distillerie Tessendier became the owners of Cognac Park after that.

Over the years, the team behind the production of Cognac Park continued to enhance the craftmanship, quality and exclusiveness of the eaux-de-vie created by Lilian and Jérôme Tessendier. The efforts of the team reflect the current quality and exclusiveness of the Cognac Park range.

Distillerie Tessendier & Fils also has a new range of organic gins that will hit the Singapore shores sometime in June or July 2021.