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Baron de Sigognac Armagnac Vieille Réserve Familiale
- Ageing Up to 70 years in oak casks
- Cask oak
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc and Baco
- Terroir fawn sands
- Distillation continuous Armagnac-type still, distillation at 56%
The Baron de Sigognac Vieille Réserve Familiale is an Armagnac aged in oak casks for up to 70 years, made from Ugni Blanc and Baco grown on fawn sands, then distilled at 56% in a continuous Armagnac-type still. The 70 cl bottle is numbered and comes in a leather case. It suits great occasions: a milestone birthday, a gift passed between generations, a present to keep for a long time. Bottled at 40% ABV, it opens on raisins and vanilla, and is best enjoyed unhurriedly, like the Baron who counted time in years.
Colouramber brown with golden highlights
Noseelegant and smooth, powerful and harmonious, raisins, exotic fruits and vanilla
Palaterich and elegant
Finishvery long, very fruit-forward, rancio flavors and light notes of coffee
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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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