CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1968

Name: CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1968
Brand: Armagnac Castarède
SKU: CASTAREDE_1968
Price: 410.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1968 - Armagnac Castarède

Armagnac Castarède

Castarède 1968: the year of Mai 68 in a bottle, after fifty-two years in oak cask.

Ageing: 52years in caskbottled in 2020
ABV: 40.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Woody - Fruity - Harmonious - Long - Powerful

€410.00

(€585.71 / L)

i.e. €585.71 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

CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1968

Ageing 52 years in cask, bottled in 2020
Cask oak

The 1968 harvest was aged fifty-two years in cask by Castarède, before being bottled in 2020, the date shown on the back label. 1968 is the year of Mai 68, which many remember vividly. The eau-de-vie, from a single harvest and unblended, has been brought down to 40% vol. Castarède, a family house since 1832, ships it in a 70 cl bottle with presentation case. A fine gift for anyone born in 1968, or to raise a glass to that year.

Serve with 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

Armagnac Castarède

Founded in 1832
Location Château de Maniban, Mauléon-d'Armagnac (Gers)
Appellation Bas-Armagnac
Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco (planted in 2015)
Distillation Traditional continuous armagnacais still (Orthez still dating from 1942)

Founded in 1832, Castarède is one of the oldest Armagnac négociant houses, and remains entirely independent and family-owned. Florence Castarède, the sixth generation, led the house for more than thirty years from Château de Maniban, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, until her passing in 2025; the family now carries on her work. Th…

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