LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1996

Name: LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1996
Brand: Château de Laubade
SKU: LAUBADE_1996
Price: 89.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1996 - Château de Laubade

Château de Laubade

A single harvest, that of 1996, aged in Gascon oak and bottled at Château de Laubade.

Vintage: 199630 years since the harvest
ABV: 40.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Woody - Elegant - Balanced - Supple

€89.00

(€127.14 / L)

i.e. €127.14 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

Vintage1996

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1996

Cask pedunculate oak from Gascony, 420-litre casks

The house describes this 1996 vintage in a few words: finesse, balance and depth. The eau-de-vie was distilled at Sorbets in the estate's traditional armagnacais still, adjusted to each grape variety and to that year's wines, then aged in casks crafted from Gascony oak. Before bottling, the cellar master alternated between dry and humid cellars to refine the spirit. At 70 cl and 40% vol., it makes a fine birthday gift for anyone born in 1996, or for couples celebrating an anniversary from that year.

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The 1996 Vintage

Vintage grand

The year 1996 offered Gascony a fine balance between freshness and maturity. Spirits from this vintage stand out for their aromatic vivacity and elegance, with notes of fresh fruit, white flowers and hazelnut. After three decades of ageing in Gascon oak casks, they have developed hints of vanilla and gentle spice.

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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