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BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1936
- Cask oak
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Baco
Harvest 1936, in Bas-Armagnac. The Guasch family distils using a copper short-column Armagnac 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.
ColourA fine mahogany amber colour
Noseintense and extraordinarily aromatic
PalateGreat finesse and silkiness on the palate
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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