MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1998 POT GASCON 250 cl

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Château de Millet

This eau-de-vie grows richer with every year spent maturing in cask. The bottling date is your assurance of your Armagnac's true age. Sealed beneath its wax stamp, it will preserve every nuance of its aromatic palette indefinitely.

Ageing: 28years in cask
ABV: 42.0% vol.
Capacity: 250cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Woody - Warm - Complex - Expressive - Rounded

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Key facts

Vintage1998

ABV42.0 % vol.

Capacity250 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1998 POT GASCON 250 cl

Ageing Vintage 1998, single-harvest eau-de-vie, aged in oak casks on the estate
Cask French oak casks, aged in the cellars of Château de Millet until bottling
Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc
Awards Gold Medal, Concours Général Agricole Paris 2019

This Bas-Armagnac vintage 1998 from Château de Millet, in a 250 cl pot gascon, is a single-harvest eau-de-vie, vinified and distilled on the estate by the Dèche family, who have been owner-producers in Eauze for five generations. The house's 2026 catalogue describes it as follows: an elegant nose with an initial note of freshness followed by vanilla; on the palate, aromas of dried fruits giving way to more subtle notes of candied fruit; a flavoursome, lingering finish. The house recommends it as an ideal introduction to Armagnac for the uninitiated. The vineyard is farmed according to sustainable practices and holds Haute Valeur Environnementale level 3 certification. Each vintage is available in 20 cl, 50 cl, 70 cl, magnum and 2.5 l pot gascon, with a wooden gift box as an option.

ColourMahogany gold

NoseElegant, with an initial note of freshness followed by vanilla

PalateAromas of dried fruits, giving way to more subtle notes of candied fruit

FinishFlavoursome and lingering

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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): Woody - Warm - Complex - Expressive - Rounded
Size: 250 cl
Department: Gers
Vintage: 1998
Region: Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE: 42.0 °
Type: Armagnac
Reference: MILLET_ARMAGNAC_1998_250CL

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How it is made

Vinified and distilled on the estate using a traditional Armagnac-style still, then aged in oak casks. An artisan production of genuine quality. For five generations, the Dèche family, as owner-growers, have been distilling Armagnac from their own vines, a spirit regularly praised by specialist press both in France and abroad.

The vineyard stands on the verdant hills to the north-west of Eauze, the capital of Armagnac, where sandy-clay soils alternate with sandy soils known as "sables fauves". This distinctive terroir within the Bas-Armagnac zone is renowned for producing delicate, fruit-driven eaux-de-vie.