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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1997 POT GASCON 250 cl
- Ageing Vintage 1997, single-harvest eau-de-vie, aged in oak casks at the estate
- Cask French oak casks, aged at the Château de Millet cellar until bottling
- Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc
The pot gascon of 250 cl is the historic large format of Gascony. This one carries the 1997 harvest from Château de Millet, an eau-de-vie from a single year, produced exclusively from the estate's own wines. It aged in cask at the Eauze cellar until bottling, the date of which appears on the label. Sealed in wax, the pot keeps well unopened; once open, it accompanies several celebrations. The eau-de-vie is bottled at 42% vol. and the pot 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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