BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1968

Name: BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1968
Brand: Baron de Sigognac
SKU: SIGOGNAC_1968
Price: 519.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1968 - Baron de Sigognac

Baron de Sigognac

May '68 in the spring, harvest in the autumn: fifty-eight years on, here is the Sigognac 1968.

Vintage: 196858 years since the harvest
ABV: 40.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Elegant - Fresh - Fruity - Powerful

€519.00

(€741.43 / L)

i.e. €741.43 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

Vintage1968

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1968

Ageing until the bottling date stated on the back label
Cask Limousin oak
Grape varieties Ugni Blanc or Baco
Terroir Bas-Armagnac, tawny sands
Distillation continuous Armagnac-type still

1968 first evokes the spring of May. In Gascony, autumn brought the harvest for this eau-de-vie, made from Ugni Blanc or Baco grown on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac, distilled in a continuous Armagnac-type still, then aged in Limousin oak casks and kept at Château de Bordeneuve. Baron de Sigognac ages each vintage there separately, without blending. In 2026, fifty-eight years separate the harvest from the tasting. The house style, round and fruity, takes on notes of roasted dried fruit with the years. Cognac-type 70 cl bottle, filled to order with the date on the back, delivered in a wooden box.

Colourbrilliant, with copper highlights

Nosefull of freshness, aromas of candied citrus and sweet spices, delicate rancio scents, subtly vanilla

Palategreat finesse and elegance, both fresh and powerful, notes of candied fruit

Finishvanilla oak finish

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1968

1968 was the year that changed everything, from the cobblestones of May in Paris to the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy in the United States. The Gascon harvest of that turbulent year yielded spirits of strong character, now aged for nearly six decades in oak casks, with intense spice and a well-present rancio.

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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