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Vintage1979
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity150 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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DELORD ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1979 MAGNUM 150 cl

  • Ageing Eau-de-vie from the 1979 harvest alone, aged in oak casks
  • Cask Oak casks, in the house cellars at Lannepax (Gers)

Forty-seven years after the harvest, the 1979 vintage from Delord is presented here in a large format. The 150 cl pot gascon takes centre stage at a family celebration or an evening with friends. This vintage, with its powerful nose of vanilla, cocoa, butter and warm wood, finishes, according to the house tasting notes, with a very persistent rancio of butter, stone fruit and walnut. Distilled at Lannepax, never blended, 40% vol., in a wooden case.

ColourOld copper with orange highlights, bright and clear
NoseRich and powerful: vanilla, cocoa, butter, warm wood
PalateCask-ageing notes (vanilla, oak)
FinishRancio (butter, stone fruit, walnut), very persistent

Serve with On its own, or with a cigar, a chocolate dessert or an arabica coffee, as the house suggests

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The year 1979

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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 Delord

  • Founded in 1893
  • Location Lannepax (Gers)
  • Appellation Bas-Armagnac
  • Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco
  • Distillation Two continuous-distillation Armagnac stills fitted with spider-leg plates, including a Sier model from 1900

Maison Delord was founded in 1893 in Lannepax, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, when Prosper Delord travelled from farm to farm with his mobile still, converting white wine into Armagnac. His sons Gaston and Georges established Delord Frères, now run by Jérôme and Sylvain, great-grandsons of the founder, under the watchful eye of …

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Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Woody - Complex - Elegant - Fruity - Powerful - Rich
Size
150 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1979
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
DELORD_ARM_1979_MAGNUM
WoodyComplexElegantFruityPowerfulRich

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