the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1964
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

DELORD ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1964

  • Ageing Eau-de-vie from the 1964 harvest alone, aged in oak casks
  • Cask Oak casks, in the house cellars at Lannepax (Gers)

For several years, Delord featured their 1964 prominently on their website, in a short selection of vintages, with these words: an eau-de-vie that surprises with its notes of mushrooms, woodland, damp earth and spice. This is the register of very old armagnacs, more forest than fruit. The harvest was distilled and aged at Lannepax without any blending, shortly after Jacques Delord took over the house. Sixty-two years on, it is presented at 40% vol., in a basquaise bottle of 70 cl with a wooden case. A fine choice for a 62nd anniversary, or for the curious enthusiast drawn to these cellar-like aromas.

Serve with Neat, or alongside a cigar, a chocolate dessert or an arabica coffee, as the house suggests

the vintage

The year 1964

Vintage grand

1964 will be remembered as the year the Beatles made their triumphant arrival in the United States and the Civil Rights Act was signed into law. In Gascony, the vines yielded a vintage of notable elegance and finesse. After more than six decades of ageing in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie offer a refined profile, rich in nuances of dried fruit and vanilla.

the house

Armagnac Delord

  • Founded in 1893
  • Location Lannepax (Gers)
  • Appellation Bas-Armagnac
  • Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco
  • Distillation Two continuous-distillation Armagnac stills fitted with spider-leg plates, including a Sier model from 1900

Maison Delord was founded in 1893 in Lannepax, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, when Prosper Delord travelled from farm to farm with his mobile still, converting white wine into Armagnac. His sons Gaston and Georges established Delord Frères, now run by Jérôme and Sylvain, great-grandsons of the founder, under the watchful eye of …

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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Woody - Complex - Concentrated - Elegant - Evolved - Long
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1964
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
DELORD_ARM_1964_BASQ_GL
WoodyComplexConcentratedElegantEvolvedLong

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