the bottle

Key facts

Vintage1990

ABV47.5 % vol.

Capacity70 cl

AppellationAOC Armagnac

RegionSouthwest

this bottle

PELLEHAUT ARMAGNAC VINTAGE 1990 BRUT DE FÛT

• Cask 400-litre casks, coarse-grained oak from the estate and Limousin
• Grape varieties Ugni Blanc
• Awards Médaille d'Argent au Concours Général Agricole de Paris 2019

Harvest 1990, under the Armagnac Ténarèze appellation. The estate distils using a traditional continuous Armagnac still, single-heated and wood-fired, then ages its eaux-de-vie in 400-litre casks of coarse-grained oak sourced from the property and from Limousin. The palate is soft and generous, with a long finish on notes of roasted almonds, raisins and dried apricots. A fine, complex eau-de-vie, a subtle blend of fruitiness and evolved aromatic character.

Serve with best enjoyed as a digestif

the vintage

The year 1990

Vintage good

1990 was a year of liberation and reunification, marked by Nelson Mandela's release from prison after twenty-seven years and the reunification of Germany. In Gascony, that year's harvest yielded spirits with a fruity, well-balanced profile, now aged for more than three decades in Gascon oak casks, with notes of dried fruits and vanilla.

the house

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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The record

Cellar notes

Appellation

AOC Armagnac

Characteristic(s)

Nose: Rancid nose, dry fruit, slightly toasted.

Size

70 cl

Department

Gers

Vintage

1990

Region

Southwest

ALCOHOL RATE

47.5 °

Type

Armagnac

Grape variety

100% Ugni-Blanc

Reference

PELLEHAUT_ARMAGNAC_1990

Nose: Rancid nose, dry fruit, slightly toasted.

How it is made

The presence of mosaics depicting vines, two kilometres away at the Gallo-Roman villa of Séviac, suggests that the vine was already established at Pellehaut in Roman times… The estate extends today over 550 hectares, of which 250 are planted with vines. It is a farming estate managed in traditional fashion by two brothers, Martin and Mathieu BERAUT.