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Key facts

Vintage1987
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity150 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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DELORD ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1987 MAGNUM 150 CL

  • Ageing Eau-de-vie from the 1987 harvest alone, aged in oak casks
  • Cask Oak casks, in the house cellars at Lannepax (Gers)

The 1987 harvest from Delord, in a large format. Thirty-nine years on from the vintage, this 150 cl pot gascon offers enough to share a fruity millésime with a whole table: quince, muscat, dried apricot and mirabelle on the nose, liquorice, fig, cinnamon and orange zest on the palate, according to the tasting notes. Distilled at Lannepax, unblended, 40% vol., presented in a wooden case.

ColourDeep amber with copper highlights, bright and clear
NoseFruity (quince, muscat, dried apricot, mirabelle), with a hint of vanilla
PalateComplex: liquorice, dried fruits (raisin, fig, apricot), cinnamon, orange zest

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 - Fruity - Luscious
Size
150 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1987
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
DELORD_ARM_1987_MAGNUM
ComplexFruityLuscious

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