Domaine Duporte 2004 100% Baco - Armagnac Darroze - Single Cask for Germany

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 47.5% | Chill filtration: No | Colouring: No

Special Features:

This single-cask bottling puts the Baco grape variety centre stage. The Armagnac from Domaine Duporte was made exclusively from Baco grapes, distilled once in 2004 and matured in an oak cask for 18 years. Darroze bottled it specifically for the German market in September 2022, with a release of 320 bottles.

The Armagnac is bottled at its natural cask strength of 47.5%. It belongs to the Cépages Collection and comes in gift packaging. As with Darroze's Collection Unique, each estate and vintage is kept separate: Armagnacs from different estates or harvest years are not blended for these bottlings. It is bottled without colouring or chill filtration.

Alongside ripe fruit and floral accents, this Armagnac displays bold oak and roasted notes. Intense quince and fig aromas add to its fruit character, while almonds and pepper highlight its nutty and spicy side.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: The nose is rich and sweet, with overripe pears, grapes, plums and apples. Violet, lavender, vanilla sugar and oak emerge behind the fruit.
• Palate: On the palate, juicy nectarines and ripe damsons combine with apple cake, raisins, almonds and a little cinnamon. An impression of vanilla cream then gives way to floral notes.
• Finish: The finish brings peach, pear, kiwi and mango together with dried fruit and candied citrus.

Distillery/Bottler:

Domaine Duporte is located in Le Frêche in Bas-Armagnac. Robert Duporté grew the Baco grapes for this vintage there. Selection and bottling are handled by Darroze, a house that preserves the identity of Armagnacs from individual estates and oversees their maturation.

The Darroze family's connection with Armagnac began in Jean Darroze's restaurant in Villeneuve-de-Marsan. His son Francis became acquainted there with the wines and spirits of Gascony and, in the late 1960s, began selecting Armagnacs from small estates, allowing them to mature further and bottling them. Marc Darroze joined the family business in 1994 and runs the house today. In its cellars in Roquefort and Labastide d’Armagnac, Darroze looks after both older stocks and young spirits from small producers. The identity of each individual estate remains a defining feature of the vintage bottlings.

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