the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1981
ABV45.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Bas Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

Dartigalongue Armagnac Single Cask 1981

  • Ageing Vintage 1981, cask no. 487

This Single Cask 1981 comes from a single cask, no. 487, selected in the cellars of Dartigalongue for its qualities at a precise stage of its ageing. The cellar master bottled it at the strength that best reveals the vintage, 45% vol., in a limited series of 456 numbered bottles. On the nose, very intense aromas of ripe fruit, spices and orange blossom. On the palate, as intense as the nose, it offers the hallmark aromas of a fine rancio: dried fruit, walnut, all wrapped in generous, enveloping tannins. A very intense Armagnac, the quintessence of more than 40 years of ageing in Gascon oak casks.

NoseVery intense on the nose, with aromas of ripe fruit, spices and orange blossom
PalateAs intense as the nose, it offers the hallmark aromas of a fine rancio: dried fruit, walnut, all wrapped in generous, enveloping tannins. A very intense Armagnac, the quintessence of more than 40 years of ageing in Gascon oak casks.
same vintage

This vintage is also available in

the vintage

The year 1981

Vintage grand

1981 will be remembered as the year François Mitterrand was elected President of the Republic, while across the Atlantic the music channel MTV was born. In Gascony, the vines yielded grapes of fine ripeness. These eaux-de-vie, aged for nearly half a century in Gascon oak casks, have reached their full expression, with notes of candied prunes, dark chocolate and gentle spices.

the house

Dartigalongue

  • Founded in 1838
  • Location Nogaro, Gers
  • Appellation Bas-Armagnac
  • Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Baco 22A, Folle Blanche

The Dartigalongue house was founded in 1838 in Nogaro, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, the appellation's premier growing region. Since that date, it has remained in the hands of the same family, who have passed down their craft from one generation to the next. The eaux-de-vie are produced from three complementary grape varieties:…

Discover the house and its bottles →

The record

Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Bas Armagnac
Size
70 cl
Département
Gers
Vintage
1981
Région
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
45.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
DARTI_SINGLE_CASK_1981

Armagnac specialist

A cellar devoted to the brandies of Gascony.

The year on the label

Authentic vintages, from 1900 to the present day.

Careful shipping

Bottles wedged and protected, tracked delivery in France and Europe.

Need advice?

A year, a budget, an occasion: write to us.

the cellar letter

The vintages
arriving in our cellar.

New houses, rare years found again, gift ideas: a few letters a year, no more.