Armagnac Tenareze Baron Gaston Legrand 1998

Armagnac Tenareze Baron Gaston Legrand 1998

🇫🇷 Ténarèze | Nouvelle Aquitaine  | France
Vintage 1998, over a quarter century in the Gascon barrel: an elegant, complex nose of walnut, prune, fern and vanilla, a round palate, a long, subtly oaky finish of great finesse.
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DESCRIPTION

Legrand vignes

CHARACTERISTICS

Country

France

Region

Nouvelle Aquitaine

Appellation

Ténarèze

Vintage

1998

Grape Variety

Ugni Blanc-Baco Blanc

ABV

40%

Category

Sweet

Volume

70cl

Style

Spicy

Allergens

Sulfites

Storing Instructions

To enjoy now or to age.

Ageing

Oxidative

REGION

Nouvelle Aquitaine

France

Gascony, a historic area of southwest France spanning the Gers, the Landes and Lot et Garonne, is the birthplace of Armagnac, the oldest brandy in France. This exceptional spirit, made since the 14th century, embodies the soul and tradition of a region with strong character.

Armagnac comes from three distinct appellation areas: Bas Armagnac, seen as the finest, with its sandy clay soils (sables fauves) that bring finesse and elegance; Ténarèze, whose clay and limestone soils produce powerful, structured armagnacs; and Haut Armagnac, with harder clay and limestone soils. These three terroirs sit on the Lannemezan alluvial fan, made of sand, clay and pebbles from the erosion of the Pyrenees, creating ideal conditions for exceptional brandies.

Traditionally distilled in a continuous still at low strength and aged for a long time in Gascon or Limousin oak casks, Armagnac develops a deep, harmonious aromatic range: plum, prune, candied fruit, walnut, vanilla, honey, sweet spice, tobacco and noble rancio. A land of character and authenticity, Gascony carries on an ancestral craft, producing expressive, elegant and nuanced armagnacs, true witnesses of time and Gascon tradition.

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