Monluc Armagnac Vintage 1990

Name: Monluc Armagnac Vintage 1990
Brand: Château de Monluc
SKU: MONLUC_1990
Price: 118.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1990 - Château de Monluc

Château de Monluc

An eau-de-vie from the single 1990 harvest, to mark a birth, a wedding or an anniversary from 1990.

Ageing: 36years in cask
ABV: 43.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac-Ténarèze
Region Southwest

€118.00

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.

the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1990

ABV43.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac-Ténarèze

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

Monluc Armagnac Vintage 1990

Ageing 1990 vintage, harvest year
Terroir Ténarèze

A vintage is the eau-de-vie of a single harvest year, here 1990. The appellation only permits it from ten years of age, and the Château de Monluc keeps a collection running from 1963 to 2016. This bottle answers a simple idea: to find the year of a birth, a wedding or an anniversary, and give it as it is. It comes from Saint-Puy, in the Gers, where the Lassus family, still the owner, has developed Armagnac in Armagnac-Ténarèze. 70 cl bottle, 43% vol.

the vintage

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.

the house

Château de Monluc

Location Château de Monluc, Saint-Puy (Gers)
Appellation Armagnac-Ténarèze

In Saint-Puy, in the Gers, the Château de Monluc stands on the remains of a 13th-century castle: it is the paternal home of Marshal Blaise de Monluc. The Lassus family, still the owners, developed Armagnac here and created Pousse Rapière on the estate in 1963. Its Armagnacs are born in Ténarèze, in the heart of Gascony. Since 2…

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The record