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PELLEHAUT ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1983 BRUT DE FÛT
- Cask 400-litre casks, coarse-grained oak from the estate and Limousin
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc
Harvest 1983, under the Armagnac Ténarèze appellation. The estate distils using a traditional continuous Armagnac still, single-pass, fired with wood, then ages its eaux-de-vie in 400-litre casks of coarse-grained oak from the property and from Limousin. The palate is lively but very fruity, with very ripe black plum. A beautifully lingering finish.
Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif
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Domaine de Pellehaut
- Location Montréal-du-Gers, Gers
- Appellation Ténarèze
- Grape varieties Ugni Blanc and Folle Blanche
- Distillation Continuous-flow Armagnac still, wood-fired
Château de Pellehaut stands in Montréal-du-Gers, on the hillsides of the Ténarèze, where clay-limestone soils take over from the sands of the Bas-Armagnac. The Béraut family has been rooted here for four centuries; it was Gaston Béraut who revived distillation in the 1950s before passing the estate to his sons Martin and Mathie…
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