MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2000 MAGNUM 150 cl

Médaille d'orSpirits Selection Bruxelles
Médaille d'orConcours Général Agricole
91/100Gilbert & Gaillard

Château de Millet

This eau-de-vie improves with every year spent ageing in cask. The bottling date attests to the true age of your Armagnac. Sealed beneath a wax cap, it preserves the full complexity of its aromatic profile for ever.

Ageing: 26years in cask
ABV: 42.0% vol.
Capacity: 150cl

Appellation AOC Armagnac
Region Southwest
Character Expressive - Round

€173.00

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Key facts

Vintage2000

ABV42.0 % vol.

Capacity150 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

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MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2000 MAGNUM 150 cl

Ageing Vintage 2000, single-harvest eau-de-vie, aged in oak casks on the estate
Cask French oak casks, aged in the cellars of Château de Millet until bottling
Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc, grape varieties of the Bas-Armagnac grown on the estate's sands fauves soils in Eauze
Awards Gilbert & Gaillard 91/100; Gold Medal Concours Général Agricole Paris 2022; Gold Spirits Selection Brussels 2024

This Bas-Armagnac vintage 2000 from Château de Millet, in a 150 cl magnum, is a single-harvest eau-de-vie, vinified and distilled on the estate by the Dèche family, who have been grower-producers in Eauze for five generations. The house's 2026 catalogue describes it as follows: an open, direct nose combining fruity and vanilla aromas; a palate in the same register, balanced by a pleasing freshness; a spiced, powerful and harmonious finish. A vintage of fine character, according to the house. The vineyard is managed using sustainable farming practices, certified Haute Valeur Environnementale level 3. Each vintage is available in 20 cl, 50 cl, 70 cl, magnum and pot gascon of 2.5 l, with a wooden gift box as an option.

ColourAmber with mahogany highlights

NoseOpen and direct, combining fruity and vanilla aromas

PalateIn the same register, balanced by a pleasing freshness

FinishSpiced, powerful and harmonious

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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 Millet

Location Eauze, Gers
Appellation Bas-Armagnac
Grape varieties Baco (the preferred variety for distillation), together with Colombard, Ugni Blanc, Gros Manseng, Chardonnay, Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet for the estate's other productions
Distillation A continuously operating armagnacais still, used for the distillation of selected Baco wines, carried out during the first fortnight of December

Set on the sandy-clay hills to the north-west of Eauze, in the heart of Bas-Armagnac, Château de Millet has been tended by the Dèche family for five generations. Across its eighty hectares of the celebrated sables fauves, the estate favours the Baco grape variety, prized for the roundness and softness it expresses on this terro…

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Cellar notes

Appellation: AOC Armagnac
Characteristic(s): Expressive - Round
Size: 150 cl
Department: Gers
Vintage: 2000
Region: Southwest
ALCOHOL RATE: 42.0 °
Type: Armagnac
Reference: MILLET_ARM_2000_MAG

ExpressiveRound

How it is made

Vinified and distilled on the estate using a traditional Armagnac alembic, then aged in oak casks: artisanal production of the highest quality. For five generations, the Dèche family, estate owners and growers, have distilled Armagnac from their own vines, earning consistent recognition from specialist press in France and abroad.