this bottle
Clés des ducs Armagnac 2014
- Ageing 2014 vintage, single harvest year, unblended
- Cask Oak casks, light oak influence
A twelfth wedding anniversary, celebrated as a silk wedding anniversary, finds its date in this 2014 vintage. This is a single-harvest eau-de-vie, aged in oak casks without blending by Clés des Ducs. Twelve years in the chai have already brought roundness, while the fruit remains very present. The cellar master selects casks that deliver length and smoothness, keeping the oak influence light. The house presents this 2014 in its 70 cl Exception decanter, at 40% vol., with a cardboard gift box.
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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