the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1979

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1979

• Cask Gascony pedunculate oak, 420-litre casks

At Château de Laubade, each vintage is aged separately, cask by cask, in one of the nine ageing cellars on the estate. For the 1979, the house describes a bright colour, an elegant nose of violet and prune, then a round and smooth palate of fine harmony. This is a style built entirely on delicacy, best served at room temperature in a tulip glass, at the end of a meal. The eau-de-vie, from a single harvest, was bottled at the château, in 70 cl at 40% vol. A fitting gift for those born in 1979.

ColourBright

NoseElegant: violet and prune

PalateRound and smooth, with fine harmony and great delicacy

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

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)

Elegant - Balanced - Expressive - Fruity - Rounded

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1979

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

LAUBADE_1979

ElegantBalancedExpressiveFruityRounded

How it is made

The Célébration vintages form a unique range of aged Armagnacs, matured in Gascony oak casks for between 15 and 50 years. Each eau-de-vie rests in an antique bottle nestled within a beautiful personalised wooden gift box.