A 1990 vintage armagnac to mark a birth, a wedding or a birthday with a one-of-a-kind date.
the bottle
This Armagnac Millésime 1990 from Clés des Ducs comes from the Gers, where the house is based in Panjas. Continuously distilled at low temperature in a copper Armagnac still, it is vintage 1990, a year that matters to anyone born that year or married then. It is a personal gift for a birthday or an anniversary to celebrate. Bottled at 40°, it comes in the Exception 70 cl bottle, with its cardboard gift box, ready to give.
1990 was a year of liberation and reunification, marked by Nelson Mandela's release from prison after twenty-seven years and the reunification of Germany. In Gascony, that year's harvest yielded spirits with a fruity, well-balanced profile, now aged for more than three decades in Gascon oak casks, with notes of dried fruits and vanilla.
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
Beurré - Gourmand - Rond
Beurré - Gourmand - Rond
Nose: Rancid nose, dry fruit, slightly toasted.
Nose: very subtle - spicy notes (clove - cinnamon) - with a hint of mocha
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The year on the label
Authentic vintages, from 1888 to the present day.
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