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BARON DE SIGOGNAC ARMAGNAC XO PLATINIUM
- Ageing 20 years
- Cask Oak cask
- Grape varieties 100 % Ugni Blanc
- Terroir Boulbène
- Distillation Armagnac still, single run, at 56 %
- Awards House awarded Craft Armagnac Producer of the Year 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021
XO Platinium brings together the oldest stocks of the house, made from Ugni Blanc grown on boulbène soils. Distilled in a single run in an Armagnac-style still at 56 %, the Armagnac then aged for twenty years in oak casks. It is presented in a 70 cl bottle, in a luxury gift box. A cuvée that embodies the consistency and exacting standards of a house several times named best artisanal producer of Armagnac.
Colouramber
Nosefine and fruity, with aromas of Ente plums and vanilla
Palateround and well balanced
Finishlovely finish of candied fruits, lightly oaky
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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