the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1966
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity150 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

DELORD ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1966 MAGNUM 150 cl

  • Ageing Eau-de-vie from the 1966 harvest alone, aged in oak casks
  • Cask Oak casks, in the house cellars at Lannepax (Gers)

For a 60th birthday celebrated in style, or a diamond wedding anniversary bringing children and grandchildren together, a magnum takes the occasion to another scale. This 150 cl pot gascon holds the 1966 harvest from Delord, distilled at Lannepax and aged on its own, with no other year blended in. The house tasting notes speak of stewed fruits, dried flowers, vanilla and a pronounced rancio, with a spiced finish. At 40% vol., presented in a wooden case, this is a bottle made to be passed from hand to hand.

ColourBright and clear, with orange highlights
NoseRich: stewed fruits, dried flowers, vanilla
PalateClean and direct, with rancio notes
FinishOn notes of spice

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

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 …

All Delord Armagnacs →
same vintage

This vintage is also available in

The record

Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Woody - Complex - Elegant - Evolved - Long
Size
150 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1966
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
DELORD_ARM_1966_MAGNUM
WoodyComplexElegantEvolvedLong

Armagnac specialist

A cellar devoted to the brandies of Gascony.

The year on the label

Authentic vintages, from 1888 to 2017.

Careful shipping

Bottles wedged and protected, tracked delivery in France and Europe.

Need advice?

A year, a budget, an occasion: write to us.

the cellar letter

The vintages
arriving in our cellar.

New houses, rare years found again, gift ideas: a few letters a year, no more.