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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1997 MAGNUM 150 Cl
- Ageing Vintage 1997, 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 golden sands of the estate, near Eauze
The 1997 magnum is made for great occasions: a wedding celebrated in 1997, or friends born that same year gathered around a table. It holds the eau-de-vie of Château de Millet, a family estate in Bas-Armagnac where the Dèche family have been distilling their own wines for several generations. After distillation, it aged in oak casks until bottling, sealed with wax. Bottled at 42% vol., the magnum is presented in a wooden gift box.
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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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