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Key facts

Vintage1999
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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DELORD ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1999

  • Ageing Eau-de-vie from the 1999 harvest alone, aged in oak casks
  • Cask Oak casks, in the house cellars at Lannepax (Gers)

The 1999 harvest is the last before the turn of the millennium. Distilled at Lannepax by the Delord house, still under the stewardship of Jacques and Pierre, it has aged in the family cellars without being blended with any other year. Twenty-seven years on, it is offered at 40% vol., in a basquaise bottle of 70 cl presented in a wooden case. A gift for a child born that year celebrating their 27th birthday, or for a couple who said yes before the year 2000.

Serve with Neat, or with a cigar, a chocolate dessert or an arabica coffee, as the house suggests

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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

Armagnac Delord

  • Founded in 1893
  • Location Lannepax (Gers)
  • Appellation Bas-Armagnac
  • Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco
  • Distillation Two continuous-distillation Armagnac stills fitted with spider-leg plates, including a Sier model from 1900

Maison Delord was founded in 1893 in Lannepax, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, when Prosper Delord travelled from farm to farm with his mobile still, converting white wine into Armagnac. His sons Gaston and Georges established Delord Frères, now run by Jérôme and Sylvain, great-grandsons of the founder, under the watchful eye of …

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Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Woody - Elegant - Fruity
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1999
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
DELORD_ARM_1999_BASQ_GL
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