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Key facts

Vintage2005
ABV42.0 % vol.
Capacity250 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2005 POT GASCON 250 cl

  • Ageing 2005 vintage, single-harvest eau-de-vie, aged in oak casks at the domaine
  • Cask French oak casks, aged at the Château de Millet cellars until bottling
  • Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc

This 250 cl pot gascon holds the 2005 harvest from the Dèche family, a single-vintage eau-de-vie distilled in a continuous armagnacais still and then aged in the cellars at Eauze. The round, generous Gascon format is equally suited to a collection or to opening for a celebration shared across several generations. A wax seal secures the eau-de-vie, and the bottling date on the label confirms its age. Bottled at 42% vol., the pot comes presented in 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
250 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
2005
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
42.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
MILLET_ARMAGNAC_2005_250CL
ExpressiveRound

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