clés des ducs Armagnac 1962

Name: clés des ducs Armagnac 1962
Brand: Clés des Ducs
SKU: CLESDDUCS1962
Price: 338.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1962 - Clés des Ducs

Clés des Ducs

An Armagnac from the 1962 harvest, signed Clés des Ducs, from a single vintage year, to mark a 64th birthday or anniversary.

Vintage: 196264 years since the harvest
ABV: 40.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest

€338.00

(€482.86 / L)

i.e. €482.86 per litre

Shipped wedged and protected in a reinforced box, tracked delivery.
Gift tube or wooden case depending on the bottle, ready to give.
Authentic vintage straight from the house's cellar.

the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1962

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

clés des ducs Armagnac 1962

Ageing Vintage 1962, distilled at Panjas, unblended

This eau-de-vie comes from the 1962 harvest, distilled at Panjas and then kept separately, cask by cask. Sixty-four years have passed since the harvest: the age of a generation born when the ocean liner France set sail on her maiden voyage, in February 1962. At Clés des Ducs, a house now part of the Armanoir group, one vintage is never blended with another; the cellar master seeks above all length and smoothness, with a deliberately light contribution from the wood. Bottled at 40% vol., the 70 cl Exception bottle comes in its cardboard gift box, ready to give.

the vintage

The year 1962

Vintage grand

1962 was a year of intense international tension, marked by the Cuban Missile Crisis and Algerian independence. Far from those upheavals, the vines of Gascony yielded a vintage of fine ripeness and elegance. Aged for more than six decades in oak casks, these eaux-de-vie have developed a silky, complex profile, with notes of candied prunes and gentle spice.

the house

Clés des Ducs

Founded in 1774
Location Panjas, Gers
Appellation Armagnac (Bas-Armagnac and Ténarèze depending on the expression)
Grape varieties Traditional Gascon grape varieties, principally Ugni Blanc, along with Baco, Folle Blanche and Colombard
Distillation Continuous distillation at low temperature in a copper Armagnac still

The story of Clés des Ducs begins in 1774 in Panjas, in the Gers, with Paul Baylac, lord of the village, who distilled its first eaux-de-vie. Since 2008, the house has been owned by the Groupe Armanoir, which upholds a craft built on traditional Gascon grape varieties, with Ugni Blanc at the fore, alongside Baco, Folle Blanche …

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