MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1979 POT GASCON 250 cl

94/100Gilbert & Gaillard

Château de Millet

The 1979 from Millet in a 250 cl pot gascon: a generous harvest, preserved in the traditional large-format bottle of the Gers.

Vintage: 197947 years since the harvest
ABV: 42.0% vol.
Capacity: 250cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Woody - Warm - Complex - Expressive - Rounded

€549.00

(€219.60 / L)

i.e. €219.60 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.

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Key facts

Vintage1979

ABV42.0 % vol.

Capacity250 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1979 POT GASCON 250 cl

Ageing Vintage 1979, single-harvest eau-de-vie, aged in oak casks at the estate
Cask French oak casks, aged in the cellars of Château de Millet until bottling
Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc
Awards Gilbert & Gaillard 94/100

For collectors of large formats, this 250 cl pot gascon holds the 1979 harvest from the Dèche family, an abundant year at the vineyard. Its deep amber-orange colour, its nose of spices and exotic wood, and its powerful finish make this one of the most celebrated vintages from the estate, awarded 94/100 by Gilbert & Gaillard. Sealed in wax, it keeps its aromas perfectly intact until opened. Bottled at 42% vol., the pot gascon comes presented in a wooden gift box.

Colourbeautiful, deep amber-orange colour

Noseopen and expressive, dominated by spices and exotic wood

Palateexceptional softness on the attack, with aromatic intensity that builds and unfolds

Finishexplosive

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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.

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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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