BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1989

Name: BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1989
Brand: Baron de Sigognac
SKU: SIGOGNAC_1989
Price: 96.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Armagnac 1989 - Baron de Sigognac

Baron de Sigognac

Bicentennial and the fall of the Wall: 1989 in Armagnac, signed Baron de Sigognac.

Ageing: 37years in cask
ABV: 40.0% vol.
Capacity: 70cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Elegant - Balanced - Smooth - Fresh - Fruity - Powerful

€96.00

Shipped wedged and protected in a reinforced box, tracked delivery.
Gift tube or wooden case depending on the bottle, ready to give.
Authentic vintage straight from the house's cellar.

the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1989

ABV40.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1989

Cask Oak
Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Baco

1989 marks the Bicentennial of the French Revolution in Paris, followed in November by the fall of the Berlin Wall. In Gascony, that year's harvest was laid down in cask at Château de Bordeneuve. Thirty-seven years on, this Baron de Sigognac offers a fine opportunity to revisit a pivotal year, over coffee. The tasting note provided by the house is reproduced below. A 70 cl bottle at 40% vol., filled to order, presented in a wooden box.

ColourAmber

NoseRemarkably fresh, with candied citrus and mandarin

PalateThe elegance of the nose carries through on the palate: very well balanced, smooth, fresh and powerful all at once

Serve with Best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1989

Vintage bon

1989 will be remembered as the year that changed the world, with the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November after twenty-eight years of division. In Gascony, the vines yielded a vintage of fine freshness. Aged for nearly four decades in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie retain a lovely vitality, with notes of candied fruit, vanilla and gentle spice.

the house

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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