The 1986 vintage from Clés des Ducs, to celebrate a birth, a wedding or a birthday.
the bottle
A single-vintage Armagnac, the Clés des Ducs 1986 is made to mark a date: a birth, a birthday or a wedding. The Gers house, based in Panjas, distills it continuously at low temperature in a copper Armagnac still, then ages it in Gascon black oak casks. Bottled at 40°, it comes in a 70 cl Exception bottle with its cardboard gift box. It's the perfect gift for anyone born in 1986, or a bottle to lay down for a special occasion.
The story of Clés des Ducs begins in 1774 in Panjas, in the Gers, with Paul Baylac, lord of the village, who distilled its first eaux-de-vie. Since 2008, the house has been owned by the Groupe Armanoir, which upholds a craft built on traditional Gascon grape varieties, with Ugni Blanc at the fore, alongside Baco, Folle Blanche …
All Clés des Ducs Armagnacs →The record
Elegant - Balanced - Fruity - Smooth
Woody - Warm - Complex - Expressive - Rounded
Woody - Mellow - Fruity - Long
Complex - Expressive - Floral - Fruity - Harmonious
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The year on the label
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