this bottle
Château de Bordeneuve Armagnac Hors d'Âge
- Ageing 10 years in oak cask
- Cask oak
- Grape varieties 50% Ugni Blanc and 50% Baco
- Terroir Bas-Armagnac, tawny sands
- Distillation Armagnac still, single distillation, at 56%
At Château de Bordeneuve in Eauze, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, harvesting, distillation and ageing all take place on site. This Hors d'Âge rests 10 years in oak casks, after a single distillation at 56% in an Armagnac still. It is made from 50% Ugni Blanc and 50% Baco, grown on tawny sands. Ten years of patience is a fine age to give: to mark a birthday, a farewell, or as a connoisseur's gift. The estate offers it in a luxury gift box or a wooden case.
Colouramber and golden
Noseelegant, with exotic fruit and candied orange
Palatevery fine, elegant and well balanced
Finishlong and fine, with raisins and hazelnuts
Serve with to be enjoyed as a digestif
the house
Château de Bordeneuve
- Location Castelnau-d'Auzan-Labarrère, Gers
- Appellation Bas-Armagnac
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc (approximately 75%) and Baco (approximately 25%)
- Distillation Continuous Armagnac column still, nearly a century old; distillation on lees, spirit leaving the still at between 55 and 58% vol.
In the heart of Bas-Armagnac, in the commune of Castelnau-d'Auzan-Labarrère, Château de Bordeneuve belongs to the Guasch family, rooted in Gascony since the twelfth century and owners of the estate since 1974. On their own Ugni Blanc and Baco vines, the house still distils using a near-century-old Armagnac column still, run day…
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