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Key facts

Vintage1993
ABV42.0 % vol.
Capacity150 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1993 MAGNUM 150 Cl

  • Ageing Vintage 1993, 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 sables fauves of the estate, at Eauze

For a wedding anniversary or a class reunion, the magnum of 1993 offers enough to serve everyone. It contains the eau-de-vie from the 1993 harvest at Château de Millet, grown on the sables fauves north-west of Eauze, a Bas-Armagnac terroir renowned for its delicate, fruity eaux-de-vie. Distilled at the estate, it was aged in oak casks until bottling, then sealed in wax. The magnum is bottled at 42% vol. and comes presented in a wooden gift box.

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The year 1993

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1993 will be remembered as the year the World Wide Web was officially born and the Maastricht Treaty came into force, establishing the European Union. In Gascony, the vines yielded a vintage of fine concentration. After more than thirty years of ageing in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie display deep aromas of prune, liquorice and cocoa, now at their peak.

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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
150 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1993
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
42.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
MILLET_ARM_1993_MAG
ExpressiveRound

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