the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1974

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity50 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1974

• Cask Pedunculate oak from Gascony, 420-litre casks

1974 is a founding date for Laubade: Maurice Lesgourgues, originally from the Landes, took over the Sorbets estate and chose to focus on vintages at a time when other houses had largely abandoned them. That same year, the property's traditional Armagnac still was custom-built on site. This harvest therefore belongs to the very beginnings of the family adventure. The house describes a deep brown colour with apricot highlights, a gentle nose of violet and prune on a woody background, and a supple palate where the rancio comes through with real definition. The 50 cl bottle, at 40% vol., makes a fitting gift for a birth or wedding anniversary dated to 1974.

ColourDeep brown with apricot highlights

NoseGentle and intense: violet and prune on woody notes

PalateFine amplitude, supple, with a well-developed rancio

FinishLong, with a delicate balance

Serve with Best enjoyed as a digestif

the house

Château de Laubade

• Founded in 1870
• Location Sorbets, Gers
• Appellation Bas-Armagnac
• Grape varieties Baco, Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard and Plant de Graisse (six varieties cultivated in total)
• Distillation Continuous single-distillation in a column-still alembic built in 1974, variety by variety

Built in 1870 in the commune of Sorbets, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, Château de Laubade has been run since 1974 by the Lesgourgues family, now in its third generation with Denis and Arnaud Lesgourgues. Across one hundred hectares of unbroken vineyard, six traditional grape varieties, Baco, Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard…

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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Characteristic(s)

Elegant - Balanced - Expressive - Long - Round - Supple

Size

50 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1974

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

LAUBADE_1974

ElegantBalancedExpressiveLongRoundSupple

How it is made

The Célébration vintages form a unique range of aged expressions, matured in Gascony oak casks for between 15 and 50 years. Each eau-de-vie rests in an antique bottle housed within a magnificent personalised wooden gift box.