the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1942

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1942

• Cask Limousin oak
• Grape varieties Ugni Blanc or Baco
• Terroir tawny sands
• Distillation continuous Armagnac-type still

This eau-de-vie comes from the 1942 harvest, gathered in the middle of the war in the Gascon countryside, on a soil of tawny sands. Made from Ugni Blanc or Baco, it was distilled in a continuous Armagnac-type still, then aged in Limousin oak casks. It belongs to the reserves of Château de Bordeneuve, near Eauze, where the Baron de Sigognac vintages are kept one by one. In 2026, eighty-four years separate the harvest from the tasting. A bottle for an 84th birthday, or for a collector drawn to difficult years. 70 cl format in a Cognac-style bottle, 40 % vol., filled to order with the bottling date on the back, presented in a wooden box.

Colourdark amber

Nosepower and finesse, vanilla and candied fruit

Palateround and powerful, woody, spicy

Finisha fine finish of prunes

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1942

1942 was one of the darkest years of the Second World War, with France under German Occupation. Despite requisitions, shortages and constant danger, the winegrowers of Gascony continued to harvest and distil, preserving their ancestral craft. The eaux-de-vie born from that harvest have carried, for more than eight decades, the memory of that resilience.

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 - Fruity - Powerful - Rounded

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1942

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type of Spirit

Extremely rare

Type

Armagnac

Reference

SIGOGNAC_1942

WoodyFruityPowerfulRounded