the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1978

ABV42.0 % vol.

Capacity250 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1978 POT GASCON 250 cl

• Ageing Vintage 1978, single-harvest eau-de-vie, aged in oak casks on the estate
• Cask French oak casks, aged in the cellars of Château de Millet until bottling
• Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc

This vintage 1978 Bas-Armagnac from Château de Millet, presented in a 250 cl pot gascon, is an eau-de-vie from a single harvest year, vinified and distilled on the estate by the Dèche family, who have been grower-producers in Eauze for five generations. This vintage appears on the domaine's 2026 price list, though the house does not publish tasting notes for this particular year: we will not invent any. It shares the expertise of the commented vintages, reduced to 42% vol. and aged in oak casks. The vineyard is managed using sustainable farming practices, certified Haute Valeur Environnementale level 3. Each vintage is available in 20 cl, 50 cl, 70 cl, magnum and 2.5 l pot gascon, with a wooden gift box as an option.

same vintage

This vintage is also available in

• 70 cl €166.00
• 150 cl €358.00

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 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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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Characteristic(s)

Woody - Warm - Complex - Expressive - Rounded

Size

250 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1978

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

42.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

MILLET_ARMAGNAC_1978_250CL

WoodyWarmComplexExpressiveRounded

How it is made

A craft production of genuine quality. For five generations, the Dèche family, as owner-growers, has distilled Armagnac from their own vines, earning regular acclaim from the specialist press both in France and abroad.

The vineyard sits on the verdant hills to the north-west of Eauze, the capital of Armagnac, where sandy-clay soils alternate with sandy soils known as «sables fauves». This distinctive terroir within the Bas-Armagnac zone is renowned for producing eaux-de-vie of particular delicacy and fruitiness.