the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1961

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

Marcel Trépout Armagnac Vintage 1961

• Ageing 1961 vintage, harvest year
• Cask French oak cask

A 1961 Armagnac is given to mark a date: a birth, birthday or wedding celebrated in 1961, or a nod to a generation. This bottle draws on the vintage collection of the house of Marcel Trépout, which reaches far back into the 20th century. Trépout Armagnacs have their origins at Château Notre Dame, and this one was aged in French oak casks. Offered in 70 cl at 40% vol., under the Armagnac appellation, this 1961 vintage expresses a single harvest year, to be shared at the chosen moment or kept for the date that matters.

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

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

1961

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

MT_1961