the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1968
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

Marcel Trépout Armagnac Vintage 1968

  • Ageing 1968 vintage, harvest year
  • Cask French oak cask

A birth, wedding or birthday celebrated in 1968: a vintage gives this gift a precise date. This Armagnac comes from the Marcel Trépout collection, a house born at Château Notre Dame, whose vintages go far back into the 20th century. The eaux-de-vie mature in French oak cask, then the house continues their preservation in glass demijohns, which stops the ageing. Offered in a 70 cl bottle at 40% vol., under the Armagnac appellation, it is a gift to open when the day comes.

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

Marcel Trépout

  • Location Château Notre Dame (Gers)
  • Appellation Armagnac

The Marcel Trépout Armagnacs originate at Château Notre Dame. In the 1940s, Marcel Trépout took over the cellars of Maison Daroux, which was based in its buildings, and laid the foundations of a house of great Armagnacs made for long ageing. Its eaux-de-vie age for at least thirty years in oak casks of about 400 litres, each on…

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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1968
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
MT_1968

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