this bottle
Castarède Armagnac Vintage 1946
- Ageing 74 years in cask, bottled in 2020
- Cask oak
Eighty years of marriage goes by a fine name: the oak wedding anniversary. For an Armagnac that spent seventy-four years in cask, the nod could not be more fitting. This 1946 harvest, the first of the post-war era and the year the Cannes Film Festival was born, was aged by Castarède until bottling in 2020. The eau-de-vie is from a single year, unblended, and bottled at 40% vol. A 70 cl bottle presented in a gift box, perfect for an 80th birthday or a very special family occasion.
Serve with as a digestif
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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