the bottle

Key facts

Vintage2003

ABV42.0 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

MILLET ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 2003

• Ageing Vintage 2003, single-harvest eau-de-vie, aged in oak casks at the estate
• Cask French oak casks, aged in the cellars of Château de Millet until bottling
• Grape varieties Baco and Ugni Blanc, Bas-Armagnac grape varieties grown on the sandy soils of the estate in Eauze
• Awards Gold Medal Concours Général Agricole Paris 2025; Gold Spirits Selection Brussels 2024

This Bas-Armagnac vintage 2003 from Château de Millet, in a 70 cl bottle, is a single-harvest eau-de-vie, vinified and distilled at 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: a very refined nose, with notes of gentle spice and vanilla; a fruity, fresh and well-balanced palate; the gentle spices return on the finish. The vineyard is farmed according to sustainable principles, certified to the highest level of the Haute Valeur Environnementale scheme (level 3). Each vintage is available in 20 cl, 50 cl, 70 cl, magnum and the traditional 2.5 l pot gascon, with a wooden gift box available as an option.

Nosevery refined, with notes of gentle spice and vanilla

Palatefruity, fresh and well balanced

Finishthe gentle spices return on the finish

same vintage

This vintage is also available in

• 150 cl €152.00
• 250 cl €253.00

the vintage

The 2003 vintage

Vintage exceptional

2003 will forever be remembered for the hottest summer France had seen in centuries, with a heatwave that pushed temperatures beyond 40°C across the South-West. These extreme conditions gave rise to grapes of a concentration and ripeness rarely achieved in Gascony. An exceptional vintage, whose spirits today display roundness and generosity, somewhere between candied fruit and honey.

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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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Characteristic(s)

Expressive - Round

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

2003

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

42.0 °

Type

Armagnac

Reference

MILLET_ARMAGNAC_2003

ExpressiveRound

How it is made

Artisan production of genuine quality.