the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1987
ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Armagnac
RegionSouthwest
this bottle

LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1987

  • Cask Gascon pedunculate oak, 420-litre casks
  • Grape varieties Baco, Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard

Drawn entirely from the 1987 harvest, this vintage was aged in the cellars of Château de Laubade, in Gascon pedunculate oak casks crafted on the estate. It is then bottled at the domaine, in Sorbets, at the heart of Bas-Armagnac. This 1987 Armagnac offers roundness, balance and breadth, a bottle not to be missed.

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the house

Château de Laubade

  • Founded in 1870
  • Location Sorbets, Gers
  • Appellation Bas-Armagnac
  • Grape varieties Baco, Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard and Plant de Graisse (six varieties cultivated in total)
  • Distillation Continuous single-distillation in a column-still alembic built in 1974, variety by variety

Built in 1870 in the commune of Sorbets, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, Château de Laubade has been run since 1974 by the Lesgourgues family, now in its third generation with Denis and Arnaud Lesgourgues. Across one hundred hectares of unbroken vineyard, six traditional grape varieties, Baco, Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard…

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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s)
Elegant - Balanced - Round
Size
70 cl
Department
Gers
Vintage
1987
Region
Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type
Armagnac
Reference
LAUBADE_1987
ElegantBalancedRound

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