this bottle
Castarède Armagnac Vintage 1982
- Ageing 38 years in cask, bottled in 2020
- Cask oak
The 1982 harvest was aged thirty-eight years in oak casks by Castarède, then bottled in 2020, the date recorded on the back label. Forty-four years have passed since the vintage. The house style is well established: ageing first in new casks for structure, then in seasoned casks for roundness. This single-vintage eau-de-vie is bottled at 40% vol. A 70 cl bottle presented in a gift box, perfect for someone born in 1982.
Serve with as a digestif
the house
Armagnac Castarède
- Founded in 1832
- Location Château de Maniban, Mauléon-d'Armagnac (Gers)
- Appellation Bas-Armagnac
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco (planted in 2015)
- Distillation Traditional continuous armagnacais still (Orthez still dating from 1942)
Founded in 1832, Castarède is one of the oldest Armagnac négociant houses, and remains entirely independent and family-owned. Florence Castarède, the sixth generation, led the house for more than thirty years from Château de Maniban, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, until her passing in 2025; the family now carries on her work. Th…
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