the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1995

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1995

• Cask Gascon pedunculate oak, 420-litre casks

Château de Laubade, built in 1870, once belonged to Joseph Noulens, a statesman, and his wife Jeanne Paquin, a Parisian fashion designer. The estate has endured through the ages, and it is now the Lesgourgues family who tends its vintages. This one, harvested in 1995, is presented by the house with a mahogany robe, a nose of vanilla, candied oranges and oak, then a powerful, structured and elegant palate, with a refined and lingering finish. 70 cl, 40% vol., to celebrate 1995.

ColourMahogany

NoseVanilla, candied oranges and oak

PalatePowerful, structure and elegance, a hint of vanilla

FinishRefined and lingering

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1995

Vintage grand

1995 was marked by the release of Toy Story, the first feature film made entirely with computer-generated imagery, a quiet revolution in the world of animated cinema. In Gascony, the vines yielded a sunny, generous vintage that year. Aged for three decades in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie offer a fruity, approachable profile, with notes of ripe fruit and vanilla.

the house

Château de Laubade

• Founded in 1870
• Location Sorbets, Gers
• Appellation Bas-Armagnac
• Grape varieties Baco, Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard and Plant de Graisse (six varieties cultivated in total)
• Distillation Continuous single-distillation in a column-still alembic built in 1974, variety by variety

Built in 1870 in the commune of Sorbets, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, Château de Laubade has been run since 1974 by the Lesgourgues family, now in its third generation with Denis and Arnaud Lesgourgues. Across one hundred hectares of unbroken vineyard, six traditional grape varieties, Baco, Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard…

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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Characteristic(s)

Woody - Elegant - Fruity - Powerful

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1995

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

LAUBADE_1995

WoodyElegantFruityPowerful

How it is made

The Célébration vintages form a unique range of millésimes matured in Gascon oak casks, with ageing spanning from 15 to 50 years. Each eau-de-vie rests in an antique bottle nestled within a magnificent personalised wooden gift box.