MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1998

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Château de Millet

The 1998 from Millet, gold medal in Paris in 2019: freshness and vanilla on the nose, dried and candied fruits on the palate.

Vintage: 199828 years since the harvest
ABV: 42.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Expressive - Round

€79.00

(€112.86 / L)

i.e. €112.86 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

Vintage1998

ABV42.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1998

Ageing Vintage 1998, eau-de-vie from a single harvest, 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, grape varieties of the Bas-Armagnac grown on the golden sands of the estate, in Eauze
Awards Gold Medal Concours Général Agricole Paris 2019

On 12 July 1998, France won its first Football World Cup. At Château de Millet, the 1998 vintage is, according to the estate, ideal for introducing Armagnac to a newcomer. Mahogany gold in colour, with an elegant nose moving from a note of freshness to vanilla, then a palate of dried and candied fruits with a deliciously lingering finish. Gold medal at the Concours Général Agricole de Paris 2019. A 70 cl bottle at 42% vol., presented in a wooden gift box, for those born in 1998.

ColourMahogany gold

NoseElegant, a note of freshness followed by vanilla notes

PalateAromas of dried fruits, then more subtle notes of candied fruits

FinishDeliciously lingering finish

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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.

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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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