the bottle

Key facts

Vintage2003

ABV42.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2003

• Ageing 2003 vintage, single-harvest eau-de-vie, aged in oak casks at the estate
• Cask French oak casks, aged in the cellars of Château de Millet until bottling
• Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc, grape varieties of the Bas-Armagnac grown on the sandy soils of the estate, near Eauze
• Awards Grand Or Talents de l'Armagnac, category vintages 1995 to 2004 (late 2024 competition); Gold Medal Concours Général Agricole Paris 2025; Gold Spirits Selection, Concours mondial de Bruxelles 2024

The summer of 2003 was marked by a historic heatwave in France. At Château de Millet, the 2003 harvest produced one of the most award-winning vintages in the estate's history: Grand Or at the Talents de l'Armagnac in the category of vintages from 1995 to 2004, gold at the Concours Général Agricole de Paris 2025, and gold in Brussels in 2024. The nose is very refined, playing on gentle spices and vanilla; the palate is fruity, fresh and well balanced, with the spices returning on the finish. The 70 cl bottle is bottled at 42% vol. and comes presented in a wooden gift box.

NoseVery refined, with notes of gentle spices and vanilla

PalateFruity, fresh and well balanced

FinishGentle spices return on the finish

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the vintage

The 2003 vintage

Vintage exceptional

2003 will forever be remembered for the hottest summer France had seen in centuries, with a heatwave that pushed temperatures beyond 40°C across the South-West. These extreme conditions gave rise to grapes of a concentration and ripeness rarely achieved in Gascony. An exceptional vintage, whose spirits today display roundness and generosity, somewhere between candied fruit and honey.

the house

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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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Characteristic(s)

Expressive - Round

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

2003

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

42.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

MILLET_ARMAGNAC_2003

ExpressiveRound