this bottle
clés des ducs Armagnac 2008
- Ageing 2008 vintage, single harvest year, unblended
- Cask Oak casks, light oak influence
This Clés des Ducs 2008 vintage is an eau-de-vie from a single harvest year, never blended with any other. Whatever the character of the year, the cellar master selects his casks to produce an Armagnac that is long, rich and smooth, with deliberately restrained oak. Presented in a 70 cl Exception bottle with a cardboard gift box, it is bottled at 40% vol. A ready-made gift idea for a birth, a wedding or an anniversary from the year 2008.
the house
Clés des Ducs
- Founded in 1774
- Location Panjas, Gers
- Appellation Armagnac (Bas-Armagnac and Ténarèze depending on the expression)
- Grape varieties Traditional Gascon grape varieties, principally Ugni Blanc, along with Baco, Folle Blanche and Colombard
- Distillation Continuous distillation at low temperature in a copper Armagnac still
The story of Clés des Ducs begins in 1774 in Panjas, in the Gers, with Paul Baylac, lord of the village, who distilled its first eaux-de-vie. Since 2008, the house has been owned by the Groupe Armanoir, which upholds a craft built on traditional Gascon grape varieties, with Ugni Blanc at the fore, alongside Baco, Folle Blanche …
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