Domaine d’Esperance, 2003 Folle Blanche, Bas-Armagnac, 50% ABV, 750 ml is a vintage, specific cask selection produced entirely from Folle blanche grapes. The company has been run by members of the Montesquiou family since 1990. In her restaurant ont he rue d'Assas with the Armagnac collection of the family. The oldest bottles ... [+] are at least 100 years old. A unique collection. (Photo by Xavier ROSSI/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images We received a smattering of Laubade releases, including two of its classics and various special editions. Let’s dig in. A selection of Armagnac's between 8 and 60 years old from Armagnacs Darroze Photo, courtesy Armagnacs Darroze

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The Château de Lacquy, 2007 Colombard, 48% ABV is a single barrel bottling made entirely from Colombard grapes. There is also a Château de Lacquy 2007 Folle blanche, 48% ABV. The expressions don’t carry an age statement but are typically around 12 YO. They are bottled at cask strength. The Château’s bottlings offer an excellent opportunity to compare vintage variations as well as the varying aroma and taste profile in Armagnacs produced from different grape varietals. See also Château Arton, an Armagnac producer in Haut-Armagnac. There aren’t very many producers in Haut-Armagnac. Arton bottles vintage expressions as well as a 6 YO blend. This has a classic Armagnac nose, with notes of dried and candied fruit, orange zest, along with floral aromas, some licorice, some green vegetative notes and a pronounced pepperiness.

This year, the Grassa family is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its partnership with Waitrose with its Bas-Armagnac XO. Haut-Armagnac is the largest of the three Armagnac producing districts, although it only contains about 3% of the producing vineyards. This is an area of chalky-clay hills and is characterized by soils high in limestone. Vineyards tend to be scattered among the limestone outcroppings that dot the region.

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Unaged Armagnac, Blanche d’Armagnac, a new category legalized in 2007, is very aromatic and fruity and is very similar to Pisco.It’s a spirit that is not well known in the US. That’s a pity. If you like brandy, especially the kind of aged expressions that you can wrap yourself around in front of a fireplace, you really owe it to yourself to discover this remarkable spirit. The fact that it is incredibly well priced and offers exceptional value doesn’t hurt either. Château de Gaube, Bas Armagnac Darroze, 1972, 43.5% ABV, 750 ml. Francois Darroze is a negociant that is one of the largest bottlers of Armagnac and specializes in vintage expressions. The 1972 Gaube was bottled in 2011 as a 39 YO expression. All the Château’s Armagnacs are produced entirely from the Baco grape. The Château is located in the Perquie area of Landes in Bas-Armagnac. Serve at room temperature after a good meal (it can also be enjoyed alongside a blue cheese, a crème bûlée, apple pie, a chocolate fondant), or at the end of a long day. DOMAINE TARIQUET ARMAGNAC XO: AWARDS Haut-Armagnac or White Armagnac is characterized by soils which are predominantly limestone except along its southern part where soils are siliceous clay “boulbènes” (bolbena in Occitan). Younger Armagnacs display notes of plum, prune and stone fruit, like apricot, as well as seasoned oak and vegetative aromas. As the Armagnac gets older, it gets smoother, losing some of its rustic character and becomes more floral on the nose. The fruit notes shift more toward dried and candied fruit notes of date, orange, fig and prune. The vegetative notes become drier and more herbal. Very old Armagnac’s display the rancio characteristics of aged leather, furniture wax and herbal notes of dried tobacco leaf. They can also contain some meaty/bacon aromas.