the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1976

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1976

• Cask Gascony pedunculate oak, 420-litre casks

The summer of 1976 lives on in French memory for its drought and intense heat. In Bas-Armagnac, the 1976 harvest was distilled grape variety by grape variety at Sorbets, then entrusted to Gascony oak for a very long ageing. The cellar master aerates, draws off and monitors every cask through to bottling at the château. According to the house, this 1976 vintage offers subtle aromas of vanilla and prune, with a rich, ample palate. Bottled at 40% vol., it will delight anyone born in 1976.

NoseSubtle, with notes of vanilla and prune

PalateRich and flattering, with a beautiful depth

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

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)

Balanced - Expressive - Fruity - Luscious - Rounded

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1976

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

LAUBADE_1976

BalancedExpressiveFruityLusciousRounded

How it is made

The Célébration vintages form a unique range of vintages matured in Gascony oak casks, with ageing from 15 to 50 years. Each eau-de-vie rests in an antique bottle nestled within a magnificent personalised wooden gift box.