this bottle
clés des ducs Armagnac 1988
- Ageing Vintage 1988
- Cask Gascon black oak
This 1988 vintage Armagnac is a fine way to mark a birth, a birthday or a wedding: a bottle that carries the year you want to celebrate. Coming from the house of Clés des Ducs, born in Panjas, in the Gers, it is continuously distilled at low temperature in a copper Armagnac still, then aged in Gascon black oak casks. Presented in a 70 cl Exception bottle with a cardboard gift box, bottled at 40°, it can be given as it is and kept for the right occasion.
the house
Clés des Ducs
- Founded in 1774
- Location Panjas, Gers
- Appellation Armagnac (Bas-Armagnac and Ténarèze depending on the expression)
- Grape varieties Traditional Gascon grape varieties, principally Ugni Blanc, along with Baco, Folle Blanche and Colombard
- Distillation Continuous distillation at low temperature in a copper Armagnac still
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 …
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