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BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1932
- Cask oak
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Baco
Harvest 1932, in Bas-Armagnac. The Guasch family distils using a copper pot-column still, nearly a century old, then ages each vintage separately in oak casks at Château de Bordeneuve, in Castelnau d'Auzan. The estate holds vintages stretching back to 1893.
ColourAn amber robe with a deep mahogany hue
NoseRoasted notes on the nose, coffee and cocoa, intense and harmonious. A fine entry on the palate, rich and smooth, with a long finish of wood and honey
Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif
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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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