CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1976

Name: CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1976
Brand: Armagnac Castarède
SKU: CASTAREDE_1976
Price: 265.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1976 - Armagnac Castarède

Armagnac Castarède

Golden wedding anniversary and half a century: the Castarède 1976, an exceptionally gentle Armagnac, according to the house.

Ageing: 44years in caskbottled in 2020
ABV: 40.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Woody - Sweet - Elegant - Fruity

€265.00

(€378.57 / L)

i.e. €378.57 per litre

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

Vintage1976

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1976

Ageing 44 years in cask, bottled in 2020
Cask Oak

Fifty years in 2026: those married in 1976 celebrate their golden wedding anniversary, and the children of the scorching summer of 1976 mark their half-century. This harvest aged forty-four years in oak casks at Castarède before being bottled in 2020. The house describes it as a distinctive Armagnac, remarkably gentle in character, with tasting notes below. Castarède, a family house since 1832, matures its vintages at Château de Maniban, in Mauléon-d'Armagnac. 70 cl bottle, 40% vol., presented in a gift box.

NoseCharming oak notes without excess, blended with soft, full flavours of ripe plums

PalateA distinctive style, all gentleness and elegance

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

Armagnac Castarède

Founded in 1832
Location Château de Maniban, Mauléon-d'Armagnac (Gers)
Appellation Bas-Armagnac
Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco (planted in 2015)
Distillation Traditional continuous armagnacais still (Orthez still dating from 1942)

Founded in 1832, Castarède is one of the oldest Armagnac négociant houses, and remains entirely independent and family-owned. Florence Castarède, the sixth generation, led the house for more than thirty years from Château de Maniban, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, until her passing in 2025; the family now carries on her work. Th…

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