the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1969

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1969

• Cask oak
• Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Baco

On 21 July 1969, Europeans discovered in the middle of the night the first steps of a man on the Moon. That autumn, Gascony harvested the crop that gave rise to this eau-de-vie. Fifty-seven years on, it forms part of the Baron de Sigognac reserves at Château de Bordeneuve. A gift idea for someone born in the same year as that small step, or for a space enthusiast. The 70 cl bottle, bottled at 40% vol., is filled to order and arrives in a wooden box.

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The Year 1969

1969 will forever be remembered as the year Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon before a billion television viewers, while Woodstock brought together four hundred thousand revellers. In Gascony, the vines of that legendary year yielded a harvest whose eaux-de-vie, aged for more than five decades in Gascon oak casks, have developed a complex and harmonious profile, ranging from prunes to noble spices.

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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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Characteristic(s)

Complex - Fruity - Powerful - Rounded

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1969

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type of Spirit

Extremely rare

Type

Armagnac

Reference

SIGOGNAC_1969

ComplexFruityPowerfulRounded

How it is made

Presented in a beautiful wooden box