CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1979

Name: CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1979
Brand: Armagnac Castarède
SKU: CASTAREDE_1979
Price: 238.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1979 - Armagnac Castarède

Armagnac Castarède

A floral attack and notes of peach: the Castarède 1979, for a forty-seventh anniversary.

Ageing: 41years in caskbottled in 2020
ABV: 40.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Floral - Fruity - Long

€238.00

(€340.00 / L)

i.e. €340.00 per litre

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

Vintage1979

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1979

Ageing 41 years in cask, bottled in 2020
Cask Oak

The floral attack is what Castarède notices first in its 1979, followed by flavours of peach and prune; the house tasting note appears below. Harvested forty-seven years ago, the eau-de-vie spent forty-one years in oak casks before being bottled in 2020. It comes from a single year, unblended, and is bottled at 40% vol. Castarède, a family house founded in 1832, ages its armagnacs first in new casks, then in older ones. 70 cl bottle, presented in a gift box.

ColourAmber

NoseDelicate and aromatic

PalateFloral, clean attack, with flavours of peach and prune and a delicate hint of vanilla

FinishLong

Serve with Best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1979

Vintage grand

1979 was a year of upheaval that foreshadowed the decade to come, marked by Margaret Thatcher's rise to power and the Iranian Revolution. In Gascony, the vines yielded an elegant and well-balanced vintage. After nearly half a century of ageing in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie have developed a fine harmony of vanilla, dried fruits and gentle spices.

the house

Armagnac Castarède

Founded in 1832
Location Château de Maniban, Mauléon-d'Armagnac (Gers)
Appellation Bas-Armagnac
Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco (planted in 2015)
Distillation Traditional continuous armagnacais still (Orthez still dating from 1942)

Founded in 1832, Castarède is one of the oldest Armagnac négociant houses, and remains entirely independent and family-owned. Florence Castarède, the sixth generation, led the house for more than thirty years from Château de Maniban, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, until her passing in 2025; the family now carries on her work. Th…

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