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Vintage1990
ABV42.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1990

  • Ageing Vintage 1990, 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, Bas-Armagnac grape varieties grown on the estate's sandy soils at Eauze

In 1990, Floc de Gascogne was granted its appellation d'origine, a landmark recognition for Francis Dèche, one of the pioneers of this product. On the Armagnac side, the 1990 harvest yielded an eau-de-vie with an elegant nose of fresh fruit, plum and fig. The palate opens with great balance, the tannins are fine and well integrated, and the finish is complex and fresh. It aged undisturbed in cask at Eauze until bottled with a dated label. For those born in 1990, a 70 cl bottle at 42% vol., presented in a wooden gift box.

Noseelegant, notes of fresh fruit, plum and fig
Palatevery well-balanced palate, fine and well-integrated tannins
Finishcomplex and fresh
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The year 1990

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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.

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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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Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Expressive - Round
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1990
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
42.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
MILLET_ARMAGNAC_1990
ExpressiveRound

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