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Key facts

Vintage2003
ABV42.0 % vol.
Capacity150 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2003 MAGNUM 150 Cl

  • Ageing Vintage 2003, 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, Bas-Armagnac grape varieties grown on the estate's sandy soils at Eauze
  • Awards Grand Gold Talents de l'Armagnac, vintage category 1995 to 2004 (competition, late 2024); Gold Medal Concours Général Agricole Paris 2025; Gold Spirits Selection, Concours mondial de Bruxelles 2024

In a 150 cl magnum, the 2003 from the Dèche estate is made for sharing at a large table. It is one of the most award-winning vintages in the range, earning a Grand Gold at the Talents de l'Armagnac and gold medals in Paris and Brussels. The house describes it as very refined, with notes of gentle spices and vanilla, a fresh, fruity palate and spices that return on the finish. Distilled and aged in Eauze, sealed in wax, the magnum is bottled at 42% vol. and comes 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 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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Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Expressive - Round
Size
150 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
2003
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
42.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
MILLET_ARM_2003_MAG
ExpressiveRound

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