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Key facts

Vintage1982
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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DELORD ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1982

  • Ageing Eau-de-vie from the 1982 harvest alone, aged in oak casks
  • Cask Oak casks, in the house's cellars at Lannepax (Gers)

On 21 June 1982, France celebrated its very first Fête de la Musique. That same year, in Lannepax, the Delord house was distilling the harvest that fills this bottle. Jacques and Pierre Delord were at the helm, and the eau-de-vie has aged in their cellars without ever joining a blend. It is bottled today at 40% vol., the strength of all the house's vintages. A 70 cl basquaise bottle in a wooden case, to celebrate a 44th birthday with the right year on the label.

Serve with Neat, or with a cigar, a chocolate dessert or an arabica coffee, as the house suggests

the house

Armagnac Delord

  • Founded in 1893
  • Location Lannepax (Gers)
  • Appellation Bas-Armagnac
  • Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco
  • Distillation Two continuous-distillation Armagnac stills fitted with spider-leg plates, including a Sier model from 1900

Maison Delord was founded in 1893 in Lannepax, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, when Prosper Delord travelled from farm to farm with his mobile still, converting white wine into Armagnac. His sons Gaston and Georges established Delord Frères, now run by Jérôme and Sylvain, great-grandsons of the founder, under the watchful eye of …

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Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Complex - Elegant - Floral - Powerful - Rich
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1982
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
DELORD_ARM_1982_BASQ_GL
ComplexElegantFloralPowerfulRich

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