MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1981 MAGNUM 150 Cl

Médaille d'orConcours de Toulouse

Château de Millet

A magnum from the 1981 harvest at Millet, refined and smooth, to bring together at the table those who share a connection with 1981.

Vintage: 198145 years since the harvest
ABV: 42.0% vol.
Capacity: 150cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Expressive - Round

€291.00

(€194.00 / L)

i.e. €194.00 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

Vintage1981

ABV42.0 % vol.

Capacity150 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1981 MAGNUM 150 Cl

Ageing Vintage 1981, eau-de-vie from a single harvest, aged in oak casks at the estate
Cask French oak casks, aged in the chai at Château de Millet until bottling
Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc, grape varieties of the Bas-Armagnac grown on the sandy soils of the estate, in Eauze
Awards Gold Medal, Concours de Toulouse 2007

This 150 cl magnum contains the 1981 from Château de Millet, awarded a gold medal in Toulouse in 2007. Its official tasting notes speak of exotic woods, a smooth and balanced palate, and a beautiful persistence. The large format changes the way it is served: set it on the table at a wedding anniversary or a class reunion, and everyone can enjoy it together. Distilled and aged in Eauze by the Dèche family, it is bottled at 42% vol. and presented in a wooden gift box.

Nosecomplex and refined, notes of exotic woods

Palatepleasant smoothness, well-balanced

Finisharomatic intensity that brings length and character

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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.

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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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