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Key facts

Vintage1982
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity150 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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DELORD ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1982 MAGNUM 150 cl

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

This pot gascon of 150 cl, the large format from the house of Delord, contains the sole harvest of 1982, distilled at Lannepax when Jacques and Pierre Delord were at the helm of the family estate. The eau-de-vie was aged in oak casks and never blended with any other year. For a 44th birthday celebrated with many guests, or for a school reunion, a magnum makes a finer impression than several individual bottles. It is bottled at 40% vol. and comes in a wooden case.

Serve with Neat, or alongside 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
150 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1982
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
DELORD_ARM_1982_MAGNUM
ComplexElegantFloralPowerfulRich

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