the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1928

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1928

• Ageing until bottling, as stated on the back label
• Cask Limousin oak
• Grape varieties Ugni Blanc or Baco
• Terroir tawny sands
• Distillation Armagnac-style continuous still

It was in September 1928 that Alexander Fleming observed the effect of penicillin. In Gascogne, grapes from that same harvest, Ugni Blanc or Baco grown on tawny sands, gave this eau-de-vie. Distilled in an Armagnac-style continuous still, it was aged in Limousin oak casks before joining the reserves of Château de Bordeneuve. Baron de Sigognac keeps each year separately there, in a cellar where vintages dating back to 1893 lie sleeping. The harvest is ninety-eight years old in 2026. The 70 cl Cognac-style bottle is prepared to order and carries its bottling date on the back.

Colourdeep amber

Nosesuperb nose of candied fruit, very vanilla-led, with a hint of cinnamon

Palatevery round, with great finesse

Finishsubtly oaky, vanilla-scented and lightly sweet

Serve with Best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1928

Vintage grand

1928 stands at the height of the Roaring Twenties, when Paris shone as the world capital of celebration and the arts. In Gascony, the vines yielded that year a vintage of exceptional quality, untouched by any sense of the upheavals to come. Aged for nearly a century in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie have acquired a remarkable depth.

the house

Baron de Sigognac

• Location Château de Bordeneuve, near Eauze (Gers)
• Appellation Bas-Armagnac
• Grape varieties Ugni Blanc and Baco (variable blends: 100% Ugni Blanc, 80/20 or 50/50 depending on the cuvée)
• Distillation Traditional armagnacais still (short column), continuous distillation, almost a century old, producing approximately 50 to 60 casks per year

Baron de Sigognac is produced at Château de Bordeneuve, on the sandy-tawny soils around Eauze, the capital of Bas-Armagnac, by the Guasch family, who have been established in Gascony since the twelfth century. Continuous distillation has been practised here since 1974, using a traditional armagnacais still nearly a century old,…

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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Characteristic(s)

Woody - Floral - Fruity - Gourmand - Rounded

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1928

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type of Spirit

Extremely rare

Type

Armagnac

Reference

SIGOGNAC_1928

WoodyFloralFruityGourmandRounded