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BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1980
- Ageing until the bottling date indicated on the back label
- Cask oak from the Limousin forest
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc or Baco
- Terroir tawny sands
- Distillation continuous Armagnac-type still
This 1980 harvest was born on a terroir of tawny sands: Ugni Blanc or Baco, distilled in a continuous Armagnac-type still, then aged in Limousin oak casks. Forty-six years have passed since the harvest. For someone born in 1980, the bottle can be accompanied by a simple card: the year is enough. Baron de Sigognac bottles only to order, and the date of bottling is printed on the back. Presented in a 70 cl Cognac-style bottle.
Colourbeautiful amber colour
Noselovely fresh nose, with aromas of dried fruit and candied oranges, rancio
Palatevery fine and round, with flavours of currants and cinnamon
Finishvery mellow, with a superb finish of candied fruit and a slightly oaky note
Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif
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Baron de Sigognac
- Location Château de Bordeneuve, near Eauze (Gers)
- Appellation Bas-Armagnac
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc and Baco (variable blends: 100% Ugni Blanc, 80/20 or 50/50 depending on the cuvée)
- Distillation Traditional armagnacais still (short column), continuous distillation, almost a century old, producing approximately 50 to 60 casks per year
Baron de Sigognac is produced at Château de Bordeneuve, on the sandy-tawny soils around Eauze, the capital of Bas-Armagnac, by the Guasch family, who have been established in Gascony since the twelfth century. Continuous distillation has been practised here since 1974, using a traditional armagnacais still nearly a century old,…
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