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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 …
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