the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1942

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

Marcel Trépout Armagnac Vintage 1942

• Ageing vintage 1942, harvest year
• Cask French oak cask

A bottle from 1942 is a gift for anyone born that year, or for a wedding or an anniversary tied to that date. This vintage is drawn from the Marcel Trépout collection, whose Armagnacs originate at Château Notre Dame and whose vintages go far back into the 20th century. Harvested in 1942 and aged in a French oak cask, this Armagnac, bearing the Armagnac appellation, comes in a 70 cl bottle at 40% vol. A gift that carries a precise date and is readily handed down.

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

Marcel Trépout

• Location Château Notre Dame (Gers)
• Appellation Armagnac

The Marcel Trépout Armagnacs originate at Château Notre Dame. In the 1940s, Marcel Trépout took over the cellars of Maison Daroux, which was based in its buildings, and laid the foundations of a house of great Armagnacs made for long ageing. Its eaux-de-vie age for at least thirty years in oak casks of about 400 litres, each on…

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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1942

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

MT_1942