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Key facts

Vintage2005
ABV42.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2005

  • Ageing Vintage 2005, 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 estate's sandy soils at Eauze

In 2005, Blanche d'Armagnac, a colourless eau-de-vie that undergoes no oak ageing, became a protected appellation of origin; the Dèche estate has since made it one of its most awarded products. The 2005 harvest itself followed the classic route: distillation at the estate, then ageing in oak casks until bottling, the date of which appears on the label. Presented in a 70 cl bottle at 42% vol., with a wooden gift box.

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The year 2005

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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.

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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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Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Expressive - Round
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
2005
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
42.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
MILLET_ARMAGNAC_2005
ExpressiveRound

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