the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1987
ABV48.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

CHÂTEAU DE BORDENEUVE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1987 BRUT DE FÛT

  • Cask oak
  • Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Baco

Vintage 1987, distilled and aged at Château de Bordeneuve, in Castelnau d'Auzan, where the Guasch family works with a traditional copper column Armagnac still. Each year is aged separately in oak casks.

Serve with best 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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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Gentle - Floral - Powerful - Round
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1987
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
48.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
BORDENEUVE_1987
GentleFloralPowerfulRound

How it is made

Exceptional soils yield a Bas-Armagnac aged in oak casks that is at once smooth on the palate and richly aromatic. Amber colour with mahogany highlights. Generous roundness on the palate.

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