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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1982
- Ageing Vintage 1982, single-harvest eau-de-vie, aged in oak casks on the estate
- Cask French oak casks, aged in the cellars of 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 at Eauze
On 21 June 1982, France celebrated its very first Fête de la musique. A few months later, the Dèche family harvested the grapes of this vintage at Eauze. The eau-de-vie was distilled on the estate, then aged alone in oak casks, without blending, until it was bottled and dated. A wax seal protects it. Presented in a 70 cl bottle at 42% vol., in a wooden gift box.
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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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