the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1976
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1976

  • Cask oak from the Limousin forest
  • Grape varieties Ugni Blanc or Baco
  • Terroir tawny sands
  • Distillation continuous Armagnac-type still

Fifty years of marriage, the golden wedding; fifty years of age, which is also that of this Baron de Sigognac 1976, born of the summer of the great drought. Made from Ugni Blanc or Baco grown on tawny sands, distilled in a continuous Armagnac-type still, it was aged at Château de Bordeneuve, where the Guasch family, who arrived two years earlier, ages each vintage separately in Limousin oak casks. For half a century, it would be hard to find a more fitting choice. The 70 cl bottle is filled to order; its bottling date appears on the back label. Delivered in a wooden box.

Colourlimpid amber golden yellow
Noseattractive, elegant and fragrant nose, very characteristic floral and plum notes, delicate vanilla aromas
Palateelegant and spirited, smooth vanilla notes, cooked fruit, then exotic fruit aromas
Finishvery soft, delicious spicy finish

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The 1976 Vintage

1976 saw one of the most remarkable droughts of the century, with the months of April through August exceptionally dry and hot across the whole of France. A summer of such intensity concentrates the sugars and brings an early harvest; in Gascony as elsewhere, this year remains a strong climatic reference point, even though its precise character for Armagnac has not been the subject of any specific documentation found to date.

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)
Sweet - Floral - Fruity
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1976
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
SIGOGNAC_1976
SweetFloralFruity

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