MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1996 POT GASCON 250 cl

92/100Gilbert & Gaillard

Château de Millet

Smoky, spiced, almost exotic: the 1996 from Millet, rated 92/100 by Gilbert & Gaillard, in a 2.5-litre pot gascon.

Vintage: 199630 years since the harvest
ABV: 42.0% vol.
Capacity: 250cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Woody - Warm - Complex - Expressive - Rounded

€281.00

(€112.40 / L)

i.e. €112.40 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.

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Key facts

Vintage1996

ABV42.0 % vol.

Capacity250 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1996 POT GASCON 250 cl

Ageing Vintage 1996, eau-de-vie from a single harvest, aged in oak casks at the domaine
Cask French oak casks, aged in the cellars of Château de Millet until bottling
Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc
Awards Gilbert & Gaillard 92/100

This 250 cl pot gascon holds the 1996 from Domaine Dèche, one of the vintages the house presents with full tasting notes: copper highlights, a smoky and spiced nose with exotic curry accents on swirling, and a smooth, lingering palate. Gilbert & Gaillard awarded it 92/100. The bottle, a classic of the Gers, is equally suited to a collector's shelf or to opening for a celebration that brings several generations together. Wax seal, bottling date on the label, 42% vol.: the pot gascon rests in a wooden gift box.

ColourDeep, with copper highlights

NoseComplex, smoky and spiced notes, with almost exotic tones on swirling (curry)

PalatePleasant smoothness, very well balanced

FinishAromatic intensity that brings length and character

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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.

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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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