this bottle
MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1977 POT GASCON 250 cl
- Ageing Vintage 1977, eau-de-vie from a single harvest, aged in oak casks at the domaine
- Cask French oak casks, aged in the cellars of Château de Millet until bottling
- Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc
Domaine Dèche bottles its vintages to order, up to the 250 cl pot gascon, the rounded traditional Gascon bottle. This pot gascon contains the 1977 harvest, aged in oak casks at Eauze. The deed of purchase for the domaine, dating from the late nineteenth century, already mentioned two pot stills: armagnac is at the very origin of Millet. This format suits a collection or an occasion you wish to celebrate more than once. Beneath its wax seal, the eau-de-vie retains its natural 42% vol.; the bottle is presented in a wooden gift box.
the house
Château de Millet
- Location Eauze, Gers
- Appellation Bas-Armagnac
- Grape varieties Baco (the preferred variety for distillation), together with Colombard, Ugni Blanc, Gros Manseng, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet for the estate's other productions
- Distillation A continuously operating armagnacais still, used for the distillation of selected Baco wines, carried out during the first fortnight of December
Set on the sandy-clay hills to the north-west of Eauze, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, Château de Millet has been tended by the Dèche family for five generations. Across its eighty hectares of the celebrated sables fauves, the estate favours the Baco grape variety, prized for the roundness and softness it expresses on this terro…
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