CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1998

Name: CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1998
Brand: Armagnac Castarède
SKU: CASTAREDE_1998
Price: 115.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1998 - Armagnac Castarède

Armagnac Castarède

The year of the World Cup: Castarède 1998, twenty-two years in cask before 2020.

Ageing: 22years in caskbottled in 2020
ABV: 40.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Woody - Mellow - Fruity - Long

€115.00

(€164.29 / L)

i.e. €164.29 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

Vintage1998

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

CASTARÈDE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1998

Ageing 22 years in cask, bottled in 2020
Cask oak

The summer of 1998 is remembered as the summer France won the World Cup. The harvest of the following autumn was aged twenty-two years in oak casks by Castarède, before being bottled in 2020. This single-year eau-de-vie, unblended, is bottled at 40% vol. The 70 cl bottle comes in a gift box, perfect for celebrating a birthday for someone born in 1998, or to open with fellow supporters who remember 12 July.

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1998

Vintage good

1998 will be remembered as the year France won the FIFA World Cup, with Zinédine Zidane scoring twice in the final. In Gascony, the vines yielded a vintage of fine freshness and vibrant fruit character. Aged for more than a quarter of a century in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie offer an approachable, youthful profile, combining candied fruits with white blossom.

the house

Armagnac Castarède

Founded in 1832
Location Château de Maniban, Mauléon-d'Armagnac (Gers)
Appellation Bas-Armagnac
Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco (planted in 2015)
Distillation Traditional continuous armagnacais still (Orthez still dating from 1942)

Founded in 1832, Castarède is one of the oldest Armagnac négociant houses, and remains entirely independent and family-owned. Florence Castarède, the sixth generation, led the house for more than thirty years from Château de Maniban, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, until her passing in 2025; the family now carries on her work. Th…

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