Monluc Armagnac Vintage 1972

Name: Monluc Armagnac Vintage 1972
Brand: Château de Monluc
SKU: MONLUC_1972
Price: 241.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1972 - Château de Monluc

Château de Monluc

An eau-de-vie from a single harvest, that of 1972, to mark a birth, a wedding or a birthday.

Ageing: 54years in cask
ABV: 43.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac-Ténarèze
Region Southwest

€241.00

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

Vintage1972

ABV43.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac-Ténarèze

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

Monluc Armagnac Vintage 1972

Ageing 1972 vintage, harvest year
Terroir Ténarèze

A vintage is the eau-de-vie of a single harvest year. The 1972 is for those whose life began or changed course that year: a birth, a wedding or a birthday in 1972. This Monluc joins the collection that the château, in Saint-Puy in the Gers, holds from 1963 to 2016. An Armagnac-Ténarèze at 43% vol., presented in a 70 cl bottle, it gives the person who receives it a specific year to share, to be opened at a moment of your choosing.

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

Château de Monluc

Location Château de Monluc, Saint-Puy (Gers)
Appellation Armagnac-Ténarèze

In Saint-Puy, in the Gers, the Château de Monluc stands on the remains of a 13th-century castle: it is the paternal home of Marshal Blaise de Monluc. The Lassus family, still the owners, developed Armagnac here and created Pousse Rapière on the estate in 1963. Its Armagnacs are born in Ténarèze, in the heart of Gascony. Since 2…

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The record