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Key facts

Vintage2006
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

DELORD ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2006

  • Ageing Eau-de-vie from the 2006 harvest alone, aged in oak casks
  • Cask Oak casks, in the house cellars at Lannepax (Gers)

Twenty years of marriage are celebrated as a china wedding anniversary. To mark the occasion, or to celebrate a child's twentieth birthday, this Bas-Armagnac carries exactly the right year: 2006, a harvest distilled at Lannepax by the fourth generation of the Delord family. It has aged in cellars that now hold more than 1,400 casks and a dozen large barrels, never blended. Basquaise bottle, 70 cl, 40% vol., in a wooden gift box.

Serve with On its own, or with a cigar, a chocolate dessert or an arabica coffee, as the house suggests

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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Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Woody - Elegant - Fruity
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
2006
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
DELORD_ARM_2006_BASQ_GL
WoodyElegantFruity

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