An eau-de-vie harvested in 1973, to give or to keep, marking a date that matters.
the bottle
The 1973 vintage brings together the eau-de-vie of a single harvest year, which the appellation allows only after ten years of ageing. It is a sober, personal way to mark a birth, a wedding or an anniversary from 1973. This Armagnac-Ténarèze belongs to the collection of vintages that Château de Monluc, in Saint-Puy in the Gers, holds from 1963 to 2016. It is offered in a 70 cl bottle, at 43% vol.
1973 was marked by the first oil crisis and the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, which ended American involvement in Vietnam. Despite this turbulent global context, Gascony produced a robust and wide-ranging vintage. Aged for more than half a century in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie display intense aromas of prunes, liquorice and roasted coffee.
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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