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BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC CARAFE 25 YEARS
- Ageing 25 years in oak casks
- Cask oak
- Grape varieties 80% Ugni Blanc, 20% Baco
- Terroir tawny sands
- Distillation Armagnac continuous still, at 56%
Made from a blend of 80% Ugni Blanc and 20% Baco, grown on tawny sands soils, distilled at 56% in an Armagnac-type continuous still and then aged for 25 years in oak casks, this 70 cl decanter bears the house crest, a stork, on its brass medallion, closed with a lead seal. It comes with either a case or a prestige wooden box. A handsome gift as much as an Armagnac of fine maturity.
Colouramber with orange highlights
Nosefresh and powerful, white peaches and Williams pears
Palatefruity, notes of cinnamon and vanilla
Finishtoasted almonds
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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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