CHÂTEAU DE BORDENEUVE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1999 BRUT DE FÛT

Name: CHÂTEAU DE BORDENEUVE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1999 BRUT DE FÛT
Brand: Château de Bordeneuve
SKU: BORDENEUVE_1999
Price: 130.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1999 - Château de Bordeneuve

Château de Bordeneuve

Prune, freshly peeled mandarin and gingerbread: the 1999 from Château de Bordeneuve, round and smooth, at 47.8% vol.

Vintage: 199927 years since the harvest
ABV: 47.8% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Sweet - Fruity - Powerful - Round

€130.00

(€185.71 / L)

i.e. €185.71 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

Vintage1999

ABV47.8 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

CHÂTEAU DE BORDENEUVE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1999 BRUT DE FÛT

Ageing until the bottling date indicated on the back label
Cask oak
Grape varieties 100% Ugni Blanc
Terroir Bas-Armagnac, sables fauves
Distillation Armagnac still, single distillation, at 56%

The tasting notes for this 1999 vintage describe a brilliant golden colour and a beautiful nose, refined yet powerful, where prune meets freshly peeled Sicilian mandarin, with a hint of gingerbread and vanilla. The palate, round and smooth, opens up on candied citrus fruits. This Bas-Armagnac from Ugni Blanc was slowly distilled in the house's small copper column stills, then aged undisturbed until bottling at cask strength. Wooden case, 70 cl bottle.

Colourbrilliant golden

Nosea beautiful nose, refined yet powerful, harmoniously revealing aromas of prune and freshly peeled Sicilian mandarin, with a hint of gingerbread and a delicate touch of vanilla

Palateround and smooth, opening up on candied citrus fruits and vanilla

Finishlong and beautiful

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1999

Vintage good

1999 was the final year of the millennium, marked by the release of the film Matrix and the introduction of the euro. In Gascony, the vines yielded a fruity and expressive vintage. After more than a quarter of a century of ageing in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie offer an approachable, youthful profile, carried by notes of fresh fruit and emerging vanilla.

the house

Château de Bordeneuve

Location Castelnau-d'Auzan-Labarrère, Gers
Appellation Bas-Armagnac
Grape varieties Ugni Blanc (approximately 75%) and Baco (approximately 25%)
Distillation Continuous Armagnac column still, nearly a century old; distillation on lees, spirit leaving the still at between 55 and 58% vol.

In the heart of Bas-Armagnac, in the commune of Castelnau-d'Auzan-Labarrère, Château de Bordeneuve belongs to the Guasch family, rooted in Gascony since the twelfth century and owners of the estate since 1974. On their own Ugni Blanc and Baco vines, the house still distils using a near-century-old Armagnac column still, run day…

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