the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1999

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1999

• Cask Pedunculate Gascony oak, 420-litre casks

The last harvest of the twentieth century, the 1999 vintage from Château de Laubade was distilled immediately after fermentation, from unsulphited white wines, to preserve their full aromatic richness. It then aged in Gascony oak until bottling at the estate. The house finds vanilla, wood, grape and toasted notes, followed by a fruity, rounded and supple palate, and an aromatically refined finish. Bottled at 40% vol. in a 70 cl bottle, for those born in 1999, or to celebrate a 1999 wedding anniversary.

NoseVanilla, wood, grape and toasted notes

PalateFruity, rounded and supple

FinishAromatic, with great finesse

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 Laubade

• Founded in 1870
• Location Sorbets, Gers
• Appellation Bas-Armagnac
• Grape varieties Baco, Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard and Plant de Graisse (six varieties cultivated in total)
• Distillation Continuous single-distillation in a column-still alembic built in 1974, variety by variety

Built in 1870 in the commune of Sorbets, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, Château de Laubade has been run since 1974 by the Lesgourgues family, now in its third generation with Denis and Arnaud Lesgourgues. Across one hundred hectares of unbroken vineyard, six traditional grape varieties, Baco, Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard…

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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Characteristic(s)

Woody - Fruity - Rich - Round - Supple

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1999

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

40.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

LAUBADE_1999

WoodyFruityRichRoundSupple

How it is made

The Célébration vintages form a unique range of aged expressions, matured in contact with Gascon oak casks, spanning from 15 to 50 years of ageing. Each eau-de-vie rests in an antique bottle, nestled in a beautiful personalised wooden gift box.