the bottle

Key facts

ABV42.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

MILLET ARMAGNAC HORS D'AGE

  • Ageing A blend of the finest eau-de-vie from Millet, aged in oak casks for 15 to 25 years
  • Cask French oak casks, aged in the cellars of Château de Millet until bottling
  • Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc, the grape varieties of Bas-Armagnac grown on the estate's sandy soils at Eauze
  • Awards Silver Medal, Vignerons Indépendants de France 2019

For their Hors d'âge, the Dèche family draws on their finest eau-de-vie, matured for between fifteen and twenty-five years in oak casks in the Eauze cellar. The colour is mahogany gold. The nose is rich, opening on dried fruits and cooked prune; the palate is complex and velvety, with roasted hazelnut well to the fore, and the finish has real substance and a very fine length. Silver Medal at the Vignerons Indépendants de France 2019. This is the prestige sipping expression of the range, at 42% vol., in a 70 cl bottle presented in a wooden gift box.

ColourMahogany gold
NoseRich, dried fruits and cooked prune
PalateComplex and velvety, underpinned by notes of roasted hazelnut
FinishGreat substance and a very fine length
the house

Château de Millet

  • Location Eauze, Gers
  • Appellation Bas-Armagnac
  • Grape varieties Baco (the preferred variety for distillation), together with Colombard, Ugni Blanc, Gros Manseng, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet for the estate's other productions
  • Distillation A continuously operating armagnacais still, used for the distillation of selected Baco wines, carried out during the first fortnight of December

Set on the sandy-clay hills to the north-west of Eauze, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, Château de Millet has been tended by the Dèche family for five generations. Across its eighty hectares of the celebrated sables fauves, the estate favours the Baco grape variety, prized for the roundness and softness it expresses on this terro…

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Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Expressive - Round
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
42.0 °
Type of Spirit
XO (Hors d'Âge) > 10 years
Type
Armagnac XO
Reference
MI_ARM_HO_AGE
ExpressiveRound

How it is made

For five generations, the Dèche family, grower-producers, have distilled Armagnac from their own vineyards, earning consistent recognition from specialist press both in France and abroad.

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Authentic vintages, from 1888 to 2017.

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