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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2002
- Ageing 2002 vintage, 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, Bas-Armagnac grape varieties grown on the estate's sandy soils at Eauze
Two landmarks for 2002: on 1 January, euro coins and banknotes entered circulation, and at Château de Millet, Laurence Dèche, the youngest daughter, joined the family estate. She now represents the fifth generation. The 2002 harvest yielded an eau-de-vie distilled on the estate, then aged solely in cask until it was bottled and dated. For someone born in 2002, the 70 cl bottle at 42% vol. comes presented in a wooden gift box.
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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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