MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1987 POT GASCON 250 cl

Name: MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1987 POT GASCON 250 cl
Brand: Château de Millet
SKU: MILLET_ARMAGNAC_1987_250CL
Price: 381.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1987 - Château de Millet

Château de Millet

Prune, orange peel and cedarwood: the gold-medal 1987 from Château de Millet, kept in a 250 cl pot gascon.

Vintage: 198739 years since the harvest
ABV: 42.0% vol.
Capacity: 250cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Woody - Warm - Complex - Expressive - Rounded

€381.00

(€152.40 / L)

i.e. €152.40 per litre

Shipped wedged and protected in a reinforced box, tracked delivery.
Gift tube or wooden case depending on the bottle, ready to give.
Authentic vintage straight from the house's cellar.

the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1987

ABV42.0 % vol.

Capacity250 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1987 POT GASCON 250 cl

Ageing Vintage 1987, single-harvest eau-de-vie, aged in oak casks at the estate
Cask French oak casks, aged in the cellars of Château de Millet until bottling
Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc
Awards Gold Medal, Vignerons Indépendants de France 2019

This 250 cl pot gascon holds the 1987 harvest from the Dèche family. The bottle, typical of the Gers, lends itself equally to collecting and to long celebratory evenings. The eau-de-vie it contains was awarded a gold medal at the Vignerons Indépendants de France 2019; the house notes almond, orange peel, then oak and cedar wood with a lively finish. Sealed in wax, it carries its bottling date on the label. The large bottle is bottled at 42% vol. and rests in a wooden gift box.

NosePowerful and complex: prune, orange peel, subtle notes of almond

PalateElegant woody touches (oak, cedar, resinous hints), dried fruits and candied fruits

FinishLively and lingering

the house

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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