JEAN CAVÉ BAS-ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1968

Name: JEAN CAVÉ BAS-ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1968
Brand: Jean Cavé
SKU: JEAN_CAVE_1968
Price: 581.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1968 - Jean Cavé

Jean Cavé

1968, the year of May and the Grenoble Games: a harvest preserved as eau-de-vie by Jean Cavé.

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

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest

€581.00

(€830.00 / L)

i.e. €830.00 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

JEAN CAVÉ BAS-ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1968

Ageing Vintage: eau-de-vie from the 1968 harvest alone, unblended
Cask Oak casks, cellars of the house in Lannepax (Gers)

In February 1968, Grenoble hosted the Winter Olympics; in May, France lived through weeks of strikes and protests. That autumn, far from the Parisian cobblestones, the Gers harvest yielded the grapes that Jean Cavé distilled into this vintage. It has aged in oak casks and has never been blended with any other year. For a veteran of May '68, someone born that year, or a couple celebrating an anniversary from 1968, this is a bottle that will spark conversation.

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

Jean Cavé

Founded in 1883
Location Lannepax (Gers)
Distillation Armagnac continuous still (the traditional method of continuous distillation specific to Armagnac)

In 1883, Jean Cavé, a winegrower, settled in Lannepax in the Gers as a distiller and négociant, alongside his wife and two sons. Four generations have followed, today represented by Henri Cavé, who carries on the tradition of continuous Armagnac distillation. Over the years, the house has assembled one of the most remarkable co…

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