CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1971

Name: CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1971
Brand: Armagnac Castarède
SKU: CASTAREDE_1971
Price: 289.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1971 - Armagnac Castarède

Armagnac Castarède

An Armagnac that needs time to breathe in the glass: the Castarède 1971, for an orchid wedding anniversary or a 55th birthday celebration.

Ageing: 49years in caskbottled in 2020
ABV: 40.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Complex - Powerful

€289.00

(€412.86 / L)

i.e. €412.86 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

Vintage1971

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1971

Ageing 49 years in cask, bottled in 2020
Cask Oak

Castarède offers a precise piece of advice for its 1971: allow the Armagnac to air and warm in the glass before forming any judgment. The eau-de-vie aged forty-nine years in oak casks before being bottled in 2020. Fifty-five years separate the harvest from 2026, the age associated with the orchid wedding anniversary for couples married in 1971. A single harvest, unblended, brought to 40% vol. by the family house founded in 1832. 70 cl bottle presented in a gift box.

NosePowerful and complex; its aromas reveal themselves once the Armagnac has had time to breathe and warm in the glass

Serve with Best enjoyed as a digestif

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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