LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1978

Name: LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1978
Brand: Château de Laubade
SKU: LAUBADE_1978
Price: 162.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1978 - Château de Laubade

Château de Laubade

Chateau Laubade 1978, an Armagnac offering aromas of dried fruits, almonds and figs, with a gentle touch of oak and vanilla, lingering on a supple, rounded palate with a beautiful finish. In stock, delivered in a luxury gift box.

Ageing: 48years in cask
ABV: 40.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Woody - Balanced - Expressive - Fruity - Long - Round - Supple

€162.00

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

Vintage1978

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1978

Cask Gascon pedunculate oak, 420-litre casks
Grape varieties Baco, Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard

Drawn entirely from the 1978 harvest alone, this vintage was aged in the cellars of Château de Laubade, in Gascon pedunculate oak casks crafted on the estate. It is then bottled at the domaine, in Sorbets, at the heart of Bas-Armagnac. Aromas of dried fruits, almonds and figs, with a gentle woody-vanilla note, linger on a supple, rounded palate with a fine, long finish.

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1978

Vintage grand

1978 was marked by the election of John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope in more than four centuries, in a year also defined by the FIFA World Cup in Argentina. In Gascony, the vines yielded a vintage of fine concentration and great maturity. Aged for nearly half a century, these eaux-de-vie offer a deep profile of roasted prunes and dark chocolate.

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): Woody - Balanced - Expressive - Fruity - Long - Round - Supple
Size: 70 cl
Department: Gers
Vintage: 1978
Region: Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE: 40.0 °
Type: Armagnac
Reference: LAUBADE_1978

WoodyBalancedExpressiveFruityLongRoundSupple

How it is made

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