the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1981
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

Marcel Trépout Armagnac Vintage 1981

  • Ageing 1981 vintage, harvest year
  • Cask French oak cask

A bottle from 1981 tells the story of one specific year: the year of a birth, a wedding or a birthday you wish to mark with a lasting gesture. This Armagnac is a vintage, from a single harvest, that of 1981, aged in a French oak cask. It joins the Marcel Trépout collection, whose Armagnacs have their origins at Château Notre Dame and whose vintages reach far back into the 20th century. Presented in a 70 cl bottle, at 40% vol., under the Armagnac appellation, it can be given as it is or kept for a great occasion.

the vintage

The year 1981

Vintage grand

1981 will be remembered as the year François Mitterrand was elected President of the Republic, while across the Atlantic the music channel MTV was born. In Gascony, the vines yielded grapes of fine ripeness. These eaux-de-vie, aged for nearly half a century in Gascon oak casks, have reached their full expression, with notes of candied prunes, dark chocolate and gentle spices.

the house

Marcel Trépout

  • Location Château Notre Dame (Gers)
  • Appellation Armagnac

The Marcel Trépout Armagnacs originate at Château Notre Dame. In the 1940s, Marcel Trépout took over the cellars of Maison Daroux, which was based in its buildings, and laid the foundations of a house of great Armagnacs made for long ageing. Its eaux-de-vie age for at least thirty years in oak casks of about 400 litres, each on…

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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1981
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
MT_1981

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