the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1959
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

Marcel Trépout Armagnac Vintage 1959

  • Ageing 1959 vintage, harvest year
  • Cask French oak cask

Birth, wedding or birthday celebrated in 1959: this harvest gives the gift a very personal meaning, for someone of that generation. This vintage joins the collection of the house of Marcel Trépout, whose Armagnacs go back far into the 20th century. It was aged in French oak cask. At Trépout, once maturity is reached, the eaux-de-vie leave the wood for the glass demijohn, which halts their ageing. 70 cl bottle, Armagnac appellation, 40% vol.

the vintage

The year 1959

Vintage grand

1959 was a year of defining ruptures, marked by General de Gaulle's establishment of the Fifth Republic and Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution. In Gascony, the vines yielded a vintage of fine elegance that year. After more than six decades of ageing in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie now display a remarkable aromatic distinction.

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
1959
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
MT_1959

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