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Key facts

Vintage1976
ABV45.3 % vol.
Capacity50 cl
AppellationAOC Bas Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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Dartigalongue Armagnac Brut de Fût 1976 Sélection Fest'Armagnac

  • Ageing Blend of casks from the 1976 vintage, cask-strength, bottled January 2026
  • Awards 91/100, Whisky Fun

For the third edition of the Fest'Armagnac festival, Ghislain Laffargue, cellar master at Dartigalongue, and Michael Illouz, founder of the festival, blended several casks from the 1976 harvest. Bottled cask-strength at 45.3% vol., the batch comprises 76 bottles of 50 cl presented in a wooden case. The nose offers dried flowers, ripe fruit, liquorice and delicate smoky notes. The palate is very dense and expressive: dried fruit, smoked wood, spices and exotic fruit, with a surprising freshness. Whisky Fun awarded it 91/100.

NoseDried flowers, ripe fruit, liquorice, delicate smoky notes
PalateVery dense and expressive: dried fruit, smoked wood, spices, exotic fruit; remarkable freshness and balance
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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.

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Dartigalongue

  • Founded in 1838
  • Location Nogaro, Gers
  • Appellation Bas-Armagnac
  • Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Baco 22A, Folle Blanche

The Dartigalongue house was founded in 1838 in Nogaro, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, the appellation's premier growing region. Since that date, it has remained in the hands of the same family, who have passed down their craft from one generation to the next. The eaux-de-vie are produced from three complementary grape varieties:…

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Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Bas Armagnac
Size
50 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1976
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
45.3 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
DARTI_1976_FESTARMAGNAC

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