MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1990 POT GASCON 250 cl

Name: MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1990 POT GASCON 250 cl
Brand: Château de Millet
SKU: MILLET_ARMAGNAC_1990_250CL
Price: 334.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1990 - Château de Millet

Château de Millet

Fresh and elegant, the 1990 from the Dèche family in its largest bottle, the pot gascon of 250 cl, for a milestone year.

Vintage: 199036 years since the harvest
ABV: 42.0% vol.
Capacity: 250cl

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

€334.00

(€133.60 / L)

i.e. €133.60 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.

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Key facts

Vintage1990

ABV42.0 % vol.

Capacity250 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1990 POT GASCON 250 cl

Ageing 1990 vintage, 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

The pot gascon, at 250 cl, is the largest bottle on the estate. This pot gascon holds the 1990 harvest from Château de Millet, an eau-de-vie with a fresh and elegant profile, built around fresh fruit, with a well-balanced attack and smooth, integrated tannins. It was distilled in a traditional armagnacais still, then aged in cask, and the bottling date appears on the label. A collector's piece, or the bottle for a family celebration spanning several days. Strength: 42% vol.; presentation: wooden gift box.

NoseElegant, notes of fresh fruit, plum and fig

PalateVery well-balanced attack, fine and well-integrated tannins

FinishComplex and fresh

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The year 1990

Vintage good

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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