the bottle

Key facts

Vintage2005
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

DELORD ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2005

  • Ageing Eau-de-vie from the 2005 harvest alone, aged in oak casks
  • Cask Oak casks, in the house's cellars at Lannepax (Gers)

Twenty-one years: that is the age of this 2005 harvest, distilled at Lannepax when Sylvain and Jérôme Delord had already taken over from their father. Like all the house's vintages, it comes from a single year and has never been blended. The house recommends serving the Armagnac in a balloon glass, taking a moment to observe its colour, then nosing it before tasting. Bottled at 40% vol., this 70 cl basquaise is presented in a wooden case.

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

the vintage

The year 2005

Vintage medium

2005 will be remembered for the legendary Champions League final in Istanbul and the launch of YouTube. In Gascony, the vines yielded a fresh and expressive vintage. After two decades of ageing in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie display a youthful, fruit-forward profile, with notes of flowers and fresh fruit, and are still very much evolving.

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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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Woody - Elegant - Fruity
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
2005
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
DELORD_ARM_2005_BASQ_GL
WoodyElegantFruity

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