PELLEHAUT ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1990 BRUT DE FÛT

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Domaine de Pellehaut

Rancio, dried fruits and toasted almond: the 1990 from Pellehaut brings together fruit and evolved aromas in a smooth, long finish.

Vintage: 199036 years since the harvest
ABV: 47.5% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Nose: Rancid nose, dry fruit, slightly toasted.

€113.00

(€161.43 / L)

i.e. €161.43 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.

the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1990

ABV47.5 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

PELLEHAUT ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1990 BRUT DE FÛT

Cask 400-litre casks, large-grain oak from the estate and from Limousin
Grape varieties Ugni Blanc
Awards Silver Medal, Concours Général Agricole de Paris 2019

Deep orange in colour, the 1990 from Domaine de Pellehaut opens on a nose of rancio and dried fruits, with a lightly toasted quality. On the palate, it is smooth, full and long, with notes of toasted almond, raisin and dried apricot: the estate describes it as a subtle blend of fruity and evolved aromas. It was awarded a silver medal at the Concours Général Agricole in Paris in 2019. A pure Ugni Blanc, aged in large-grain oak casks and bottled at 47.5% vol. A vintage for a birthday, a first meeting or a wedding anniversary in 1990.

ColourDeep orange

NoseRancio, dried fruits, lightly toasted

PalateSmooth and full, long finish with notes of toasted almond, raisin and dried apricot

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

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

Domaine de Pellehaut

Location Montréal-du-Gers, Gers
Appellation Ténarèze
Grape varieties Ugni Blanc and Folle Blanche
Distillation Continuous-flow Armagnac still, wood-fired

Château de Pellehaut stands in Montréal-du-Gers, on the hillsides of the Ténarèze, where clay-limestone soils take over from the sands of the Bas-Armagnac. The Béraut family has been rooted here for four centuries; it was Gaston Béraut who revived distillation in the 1950s before passing the estate to his sons Martin and Mathie…

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