the bottle

Key facts

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

Marcel Trépout Armagnac Vintage 1976

  • Ageing 1976 vintage, harvest year
  • Cask French oak cask

An Armagnac from 1976 is given to mark a specific date: a birth, a wedding or an anniversary celebrated in 1976, or simply a generation one wishes to honour. This vintage draws on the collection of the Marcel Trépout house, whose Armagnacs originate at Château Notre Dame and whose vintages go far back into the 20th century. Harvested in 1976 and aged in French oak cask, it carries the Armagnac appellation. It is presented in a 70 cl bottle, at 40% vol., to be opened for the occasion or kept as a keepsake.

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

Marcel Trépout

  • Location Château Notre Dame (Gers)
  • Appellation Armagnac

The Marcel Trépout Armagnacs originate at Château Notre Dame. In the 1940s, Marcel Trépout took over the cellars of Maison Daroux, which was based in its buildings, and laid the foundations of a house of great Armagnacs made for long ageing. Its eaux-de-vie age for at least thirty years in oak casks of about 400 litres, each on…

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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1976
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
MT_1976

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