the bottle

Key facts

Vintage2000

ABV49.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

CHÂTEAU DE BORDENEUVE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2000 BRUT DE FÛT

• Cask oak
• Grape varieties Ugni Blanc, Baco

Vintage 2000, distilled and aged at Château de Bordeneuve, in Castelnau d'Auzan, where the Guasch family works with a traditional copper short-column Armagnac still. Each year's harvest ages separately in oak casks.

ColourA beautiful golden-yellow robe with elegant amber highlights

Nosefruity and harmonious, with appealing notes of exotic fruits, vanilla and a pleasant, light oakiness

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 2000

Vintage good

2000 was the first vintage of the twenty-first century, a year marked by France's victory at Euro 2000. In Gascony, the vines yielded a fruity and expressive vintage. Aged for a quarter of a century in Gascon oak casks, these eaux-de-vie now present a youthful, lively profile, with fresh fruit, floral notes and a touch of vanilla.

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)

Elegant - Balanced - Fruity

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

2000

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

49.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

BORDENEUVE_2000

ElegantBalancedFruity

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.