the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1934

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

Castarède Armagnac Vintage 1934

• Ageing 86 years in cask, bottled in 2020
• Cask oak

Castarède allowed this 1934 harvest to age eighty-six years in oak casks before bottling it in 2020. During that time, the family house, founded in 1832, lived through the war, the modernisation of the vineyard and the passing of several generations. The eau-de-vie, from a single year and unblended, was brought down to 40% vol. The house has published a tasting note, reproduced below. A 70 cl bottle in a gift box: to celebrate someone born in 1934, or for a connoisseur who appreciates very old vintages.

ColourCopper-hued with green highlights, bright and clear

NoseIncredibly rich and elegant, with notes of spice, stewed prunes, candied orange peel, cinnamon and wood

PalateA frank, rounded and full attack, with very spiced aromas of prune and liquorice, followed by rancio and a richness that coats the palate

FinishEndlessly long, very rich and supremely smooth

Serve with as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1934

1934 was a year of contrasts, marked in cinema by Jean Vigo's L'Atalante, a masterpiece of French poetic realism, and on the pitch by the Italian World Cup. In Gascony, the vines of that year yielded a harvest that has since become rare, aged for over nine decades in oak casks and now approaching its centenary.

the house

Armagnac Castarède

• Founded in 1832
• Location Château de Maniban, Mauléon-d'Armagnac (Gers)
• Appellation Bas-Armagnac
• Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco (planted in 2015)
• Distillation Traditional continuous armagnacais still (Orthez still dating from 1942)

Founded in 1832, Castarède is one of the oldest Armagnac négociant houses, and remains entirely independent and family-owned. Florence Castarède, the sixth generation, led the house for more than thirty years from Château de Maniban, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, until her passing in 2025; the family now carries on her work. Th…

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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1934

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

CASTAREDE_1934