the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1961

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1961

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

Sixty-five years of marriage are celebrated as a rosewood anniversary, a precious wood; for an Armagnac that has spent decades in oak, the connection has its charm. This eau-de-vie comes from the 1961 harvest, born on a land of tawny sands, from Ugni Blanc or Baco, and distilled in an Armagnac-type continuous still. It aged in Limousin oak casks before joining the reserves of Château de Bordeneuve, where Baron de Sigognac ages each vintage separately. The 70 cl bottle is filled to order, with its date on the back, and presented in a wooden box.

Colourhandsome mahogany colour

Nosepowerful, vanilla-dominant, slightly peppery

Palatefull-bodied, with wood and tannins dominant

Finishmay evoke roasted coffee

Serve with Best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1961

Vintage exceptional

1961 will be remembered as the year of Yuri Gagarin's first manned spaceflight and the construction of the Berlin Wall. In the South-West of France, the summer was exceptionally hot and dry, yielding grapes of rare concentration and ripeness. Aged for more than six decades in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie display a remarkable depth.

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 - Full-bodied - Luscious - Powerful

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1961

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

SIGOGNAC_1961

WoodyFullbodiedLusciousPowerful