this bottle
BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2010
- Cask oak from the Limousin forest
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc or Baco
- Terroir tawny sands
- Distillation Armagnac-style continuous still
A 2010 vintage to celebrate a child born that year turning sixteen, a wedding or a couple's anniversary. This Bas-Armagnac from the house of Bordeneuve, in Castelnau d'Auzan, is made from Ugni Blanc or Baco, distilled in an Armagnac-style continuous still, then aged in Limousin oak casks. The Baron de Sigognac, so the legend goes, had replaced his clocks with dials on which the seconds counted the years. The 70 cl bottle is 40% vol. and arrives in its Baron de Sigognac wooden case, ready to give.
Colourgolden, with a fine amber tint
Nosedelicately vanilla, then notes of candied citrus and ginger
Palatevery round, delicate attack, full and generous palate, sensations of soft spices and ginger
Finishunctuous, reminiscent of candied fruits
the house
Baron de Sigognac
- Location Château de Bordeneuve, near Eauze (Gers)
- Appellation Bas-Armagnac
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc and Baco (variable blends: 100% Ugni Blanc, 80/20 or 50/50 depending on the cuvée)
- Distillation Traditional armagnacais still (short column), continuous distillation, almost a century old, producing approximately 50 to 60 casks per year
Baron de Sigognac is produced at Château de Bordeneuve, on the sandy-tawny soils around Eauze, the capital of Bas-Armagnac, by the Guasch family, who have been established in Gascony since the twelfth century. Continuous distillation has been practised here since 1974, using a traditional armagnacais still nearly a century old,…
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