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DELORD ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1994 MAGNUM 150 CL
- Ageing Eau-de-vie from the single 1994 harvest, aged in oak casks
- Cask Oak casks, in the house cellars at Lannepax (Gers)
The note that Delord has published for their 1994 reads like an invitation to the table: candied fruit, vanilla, cocoa and butter on the nose, a powerful palate of vanilla and toasted bread, finishing on baked apple. This 150 cl pot gascon brings together thirty-two years of age from a single harvest, distilled at Lannepax. Bottled at 40% vol. and presented in a wooden case, it is well suited to a grand family celebration.
ColourAmber with orange highlights
NoseVery complex, rich and pleasing: candied fruit, vanilla, cocoa, butter
PalateFull-bodied: vanilla, toasted bread
FinishBaked apple
Serve with Neat, or paired with a cigar, a chocolate dessert or an arabica coffee, as the house suggests
the house
Armagnac Delord
- Founded in 1893
- Location Lannepax (Gers)
- Appellation Bas-Armagnac
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco
- Distillation Two continuous-distillation Armagnac stills fitted with spider-leg plates, including a Sier model from 1900
Maison Delord was founded in 1893 in Lannepax, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, when Prosper Delord travelled from farm to farm with his mobile still, converting white wine into Armagnac. His sons Gaston and Georges established Delord Frères, now run by Jérôme and Sylvain, great-grandsons of the founder, under the watchful eye of …
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