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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1982 MAGNUM 150 Cl
- 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, Bas-Armagnac grape varieties grown on the golden sands of the estate, near Eauze
A 1982 magnum is the bottle to bring to a large table of friends born in 1982, or to parents who were married that year. The eau-de-vie comes from the Dèche family vineyards, on the hillsides north-west of Eauze, where sandy-clay soils and golden sands alternate. It was distilled and aged on the estate, in oak casks, until bottling and sealing with wax. A 150 cl magnum at 42% vol., presented 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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