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Key facts

Vintage1966
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1966

  • Ageing in cask until the bottling date shown on the back label
  • Cask Limousin oak
  • Grape varieties Ugni Blanc or Baco
  • Terroir tawny sands
  • Distillation continuous Armagnac-type still

Sixty years of marriage is a diamond wedding anniversary; sixty years of age is also that of this 1966 eau-de-vie. For a couple or a birthday, it offers the right date and a story to tell: that of a Gascon harvest kept at Château de Bordeneuve, never joining a blend. Born of Ugni Blanc or Baco on tawny sands soils, distilled in a continuous Armagnac-type still, it has aged in Limousin oak casks. Baron de Sigognac only fills its bottles when the order is placed, so the Armagnac remains in cask until the last moment. 70 cl format, delivered in a wooden box, with the bottling date on the back.

Colourchestnut honey colour
Noseelegant and fine, exotic fruits, honey and cinnamon, then currants and a light rancio
Palaterich and round, very complex, clove dominated by notes of red fruits
Finishlong, with delicate oaky aromas and roasted coffee

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

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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Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Complex - Fruity - Luscious - Powerful - Rounded
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1966
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
SIGOGNAC_1966
ComplexFruityLusciousPowerfulRounded

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