the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1972
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1972

  • Ageing until the bottling date shown on the back label
  • Cask oak from the Limousin forest
  • Grape varieties Ugni Blanc or Baco
  • Terroir tawny sands
  • Distillation continuous still of the Armagnac type

This eau-de-vie from 1972 was aged in Limousin oak casks before joining the reserves of Château de Bordeneuve. Two years later, in 1974, the Guasch family became owner of the estate, where it has since looked after the Baron de Sigognac vintages. Fifty-four years separate the harvest from your glass today. It comes from Bas-Armagnac vines planted on tawny sands, Ugni Blanc or Baco, and was distilled in a continuous still of the Armagnac type. The note provided by the house appears below. Bottles are prepared to order only; the bottling date is printed on the back. Size 70 cl, 40% vol., presented in a wooden box.

Colouramber colour
Noseelegant and harmonious, lovely aromas of dried fruit well blended with the wood
Palatefull and powerful, woody and spicy flavours
Finishsuperb finish of candied fruit

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1972

Vintage good

1972 was a year marked by the tragedy of the Munich attack and shaken by the Watergate scandal, at a time of profound global change. In Gascony, far from the turmoil, the vine yielded a vintage of finesse and quiet elegance. Aged for more than five decades in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie have developed notes of hazelnut, beeswax and aged wood.

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)
Woody - Elegant - Fruity - Harmonious - Powerful
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1972
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
SIGOGNAC_1972
WoodyElegantFruityHarmoniousPowerful

How it is made

Rare in the trade, Baron de Sigognac owns its own vineyards, its own distillery, its own ageing cellars, and bottles its entire production on the estate.

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The year on the label

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