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Key facts

Vintage1998
ABV42.0 % vol.
Capacity150 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1998 MAGNUM 150 Cl

  • 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 Bas-Armagnac grown on the sandy soils of the estate in Eauze
  • Awards Gold Medal, Concours Général Agricole Paris 2019

The estate recommends their 1998 to introduce a newcomer to the pleasure of Armagnac. In a 150 cl magnum, it is generous enough to share with a large gathering: freshness and vanilla on the nose, dried then candied fruits on the palate, and a lingering finish. It was awarded a gold medal at the Concours Général Agricole in Paris in 2019. Harvested, vinified and distilled by the Dèche family in Eauze, it was aged in cask until bottling under a wax seal. To bring it to the table in style, a wooden gift box; inside, 150 cl at 42% vol.

Colourmahogany gold
Noseelegant, a note of freshness followed by vanilla notes
Palatearomas of dried fruits, with more subtle notes of candied fruits
Finisha satisfying, lingering finish
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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.

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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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Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Expressive - Round
Size
150 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1998
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
42.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
MILLET_ARM_1998_MAG
ExpressiveRound

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