the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1945

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1945

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

In spring 1945, the war came to an end in Europe; in the autumn, Gascony harvested a crop of renewed peace. Eighty-one years later, this eau-de-vie is among the vintages that Baron de Sigognac keeps at Château de Bordeneuve, whose reserves go back to 1893. It comes from Ugni Blanc or Baco grown on tawny sands, distilled in a continuous Armagnac-type still, then aged in Limousin oak casks. One naturally thinks of an 81st birthday, or of a family wishing to mark the memory of a return. The Armagnac is presented in a 70 cl bottle, delivered in a wooden box.

Colourfine mahogany colour with golden highlights

Nosefresh and powerful, with notes of currants, orange peel and rancio

Palategreat finesse and elegance, well balanced

Finishlong, with prunes, subtly oaked

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1945

1945 will be remembered as the year of Germany's surrender on 8 May and the founding of the United Nations from the ashes of the world conflict. In Gascony, the vineyards returned to their rhythm in a country rebuilding itself, and this Liberation harvest, aged for more than eight decades in Gascon oak casks, retains the memory of that pivotal year.

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)

Balanced - Powerful - Rich

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1945

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type of Spirit

Extremely rare

Type

Armagnac

Reference

SIGOGNAC_1945

BalancedPowerfulRich