des Comptoirs Foucauld

The House of Lucien-Foucauld was founded by M. Lucien-Foucauld in Cognac trade in 1847. M. Foucauld was an ardent admirer of fine Cognac and  he entered into this business because of his love of the product.

His quest was to bring to the world the finest Cognac possible while extolling the virtues of land, the people and the reasons why Cognac shoulf not be regarded as a simple brandy. In this regard, LUCIEN-FOUCAULD became a member of the Tribunal de Commerce of Cognac and stayed in that post for 15 years.

During the period of 1884 - 1908, he was the President of that organization. He also served on the Conseil Municipal of Cognac for more than 20 years.

By 1887, his reputation had grown to the point where he was appointed as a member to the jury at the Exposition International Le Havre. This soon was followed by an appointment as a member to the Comities d'Organization des Exportations Universelles de Paris 1889 and 1900.

The distinguished House of LUCIEN-FOUCAULD is the one of only 3 producers to obtain such an honor. In fact, his Cognac won consecutive medals:

                      GOLD MEDAL PARIS 1889
                      GOLD MEDAL PARIS 1900

In 1894, Lucien's son Marc joined the firm and became an active member in 1889. During his apprenticeship under Lucien, Marc absorbed his father's love of Cognac . Upon his father's death, Marc took over as the CEO of LUCIEN-FOUCAULD et Co. It should be noted that Marc Foucauld conserved all the values and principals his father had established when founding the company.

Marc's star now began to grow and the French government appointed him as a member of the Jury Aux Expositions Universelles de St. Louis (US) in 1904, Liege in 1905 and Bordeaux in 1907.

On July 21, 1906 by decree of the President of the Republic of France, Marc Foucauld was named the Commercial Counsulate for a period of 5 years. After the initial 5 year period of service, he gained such recognition that in 1912 he was asked and acquiesced to accepting another 5 year term as Commercial Consulate.

If one enters the city of Cognac, they will see the old Foucauld offices and cellars because they are located right in the middle of the city. The building is indeed impressive covering approximately 5,540 meters.

In 1977 M. Michel Coste purchased des Comptoirs Foucauld and their entire stocks of old and rare Cognacs. Michel Coste was already one of the premier producers of Armagnac and the purchase of Foucauld completed his desire to have a premium Cognac house equal in stature to his company in Armagnac.

In 1998, Michel retired and his son Philippe became the managing directeur. Philippe has taken the reigns from his father and has used his father's guidance in continuing the same traditions of both companies.

Recently, Philippe has created a similar line of vintage and aged Cognacs under his own name. They can be found on the Philippe Selection page on this web site.