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LAUBADE ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1997
- Cask Gascon pedunculate oak, 420-litre casks
- Grape varieties Baco, Ugni Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard
Drawn entirely from the 1997 harvest, this vintage has aged in the cellars of Château de Laubade, in casks of Gascon pedunculate oak worked on the estate. It is then bottled at the domaine, in Sorbets, at the heart of the Bas-Armagnac.
NoseThis 1997 Armagnac opens on a gentle nose of vanilla and candied orange
Palatefull and generous on the palate, with aromas of candied and dried fruits
Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif
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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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