PELLEHAUT ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1987 BRUT DE FÛT
- Cask 400-litre casks, large-grain oak from the estate and from Limousin
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc
- Awards Gold Medal at the Concours National des Eaux-de-Vie 2011; Prix du Président de la République (Grande Médaille d'Or)
At the Concours National des Eaux-de-Vie 2011, this vintage was awarded the Prix du Président de la République, the distinction reserved for the finest gold medal winner. The estate describes it as orange with amber highlights, with an intense and very floral nose, notes of pine sap and melted pale golden wood. The palate is well balanced, the attack is supple, the finish long, all harmony and delicacy. This Ugni Blanc spent more than twenty years in Gascon oak, according to L'Express, before being bottled at 48.8% vol.
ColourOrange with amber highlights
NoseIntense and rising, very floral, notes of pine sap and melted pale golden wood
PalateWell balanced, supple attack, long finish; harmony, delicacy and floral notes
Serve with Best enjoyed as a digestif
