the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1998

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1998

• Cask Pedunculate oak from Gascony, 420-litre casks

Summer 1998: France won its first Football World Cup, and in the Gers the harvest was being prepared. This Laubade vintage was distilled grape variety by grape variety at Sorbets, then aged in 420-litre Gascony oak casks. The estate describes it on plum and candied fruits enveloped by the wood, with a smooth, rounded palate underlined by notes of toast and vanilla. Bottled at the château, in 70 cl at 40% vol.: for those born in 1998, or as a memento of that summer.

NosePlum and candied fruits wrapped in oak

PalateSmooth and rounded, with accents of toast and vanilla

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

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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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Characteristic(s)

Woody - Fruity - Round - Supple

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1998

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

LAUBADE_1998

WoodyFruityRoundSupple

How it is made

The Célébration vintages form a unique range of aged expressions, matured in contact with Gascony oak casks, spanning from 15 to 50 years of ageing. Each eau-de-vie rests in an antique-style bottle, nestled within a beautiful personalised wooden gift box.