Domaine de Rieston 1987/2026 - 39 y.o. - Armagnac Darroze

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 49% | Chill filtration: Yes | Colouring: No

Special Features:

This vintage Armagnac from Domaine de Rieston combines extended oak maturation with its origins on a single estate. Distilled in 1987, it matured for 39 years before Darroze bottled it in January 2026 at 49%. Oak from the region was used for maturation. The 0.7-litre bottle comes with gift packaging.

In the Unique Collection, estates and vintages remain separate: Darroze blends neither different estates nor different harvest years. Each Armagnac in this range matures in its own oak cask with a capacity of 420 litres. The Armagnacs are bottled without dilution at their natural cask strength, with no added sugar, caramel or tannin. Rieston 1987 combines fruity and nutty impressions with distinctive spice, wood and roasted notes. Its colour is mahogany brown with golden highlights.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: On the nose, fig jam and quince jelly mingle with tobacco and toasted bread. Liquorice and honey add to the layered aromas. Further impressions recall ripe fruit and citrus, accompanied by spicy, toasty wood notes and a subtle herbal hint.
• Palate: On the palate, firm tannins give the Armagnac structure. Pepper and cloves meet wood and roasted cocoa notes. The texture feels silky. Fruity and nutty accents are accompanied by warm spice and a woody sweetness.
• Finish: The long finish retains fruity impressions, spicy warmth and delicate wood notes.

Distillery/Bottler:

Domaine de Rieston is located in Perquie in Bas-Armagnac. Jean-Luc Deyres farms 2.5 hectares on the reddish-yellow sandy soils characteristic of this area, known as Sables fauves. The vineyard is planted entirely with Baco. Deyres carries out the continuous distillation himself; the spirit leaves the still at 53% alcohol before maturation begins in local oak casks.

Darroze is responsible for selection, overseeing maturation and bottling for this collection. Its roots lie in the family restaurant: in the 1960s, Francis Darroze selected Armagnacs directly from producers and served them from the cask, paying particular attention to the estate and vintage. This became the Unique Collection. To this day, the range focuses on the individual development of each vintage rather than creating a consistent flavour by blending different Armagnacs.

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