this bottle
Delord Armagnac Brut de Fût Récolte 2012
- Ageing 2012 harvest, cask no. 2236
- Grape varieties 100% Baco
Sylvain Delord selected cask no. 2236, a 100% Baco expression bottled at cask strength, 51.1% vol. On the nose, candied fruits (apricot, fig) meet cinnamon and beeswax. The palate is honeyed and spiced, with nutmeg and gingerbread, leading to a finish of orange blossom and citrus.
Nosecandied apricot and fig, cinnamon, beeswax
Palatehoney, nutmeg, gingerbread
Finishorange blossom, citrus
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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