Chateau de Gaube 1964/2024 - 60 yo - 200ml - Armagnac Darroze

Volume: 0.2 litres | Alcohol content: 43% | Colouring: No

Special Features:

This vintage Armagnac preserves the identity of a single estate through six decades of maturation. Distilled in 1964, the Bas-Armagnac from Château de Gaube matured for 60 years in oak casks before being bottled in January 2024 for Darroze’s Unique Collection. The 0.2-litre bottle has a dark wax seal and comes in black gift packaging.

The Unique Collection blends neither different estates nor different vintages. No water is added either: this bottling’s 43% is its natural cask strength. Darroze also adds no sugar, caramel or tannin to the range. The focus remains on the estate of origin, the vintage and the spirit’s development during cask maturation.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: The nose evokes apple pie with vanilla cream, accompanied by damsons and black cherries. Lavender and lilac blossom mingle with mango and marzipan.
• Palate: The palate offers a balanced interplay of ripe nectarine, pear and passion fruit. Orange blossom complements the fruit, while toffee, dates and honey add sweet accents.
• Finish: Fruit notes and honey linger through the long, layered finish.

Distillery/Bottler:

Château de Gaube is located in Perquie in Bas-Armagnac. Managed by the Morel family, the estate covers 60 hectares of the tawny sandy soils typical of the area, known as Sables fauves. The 1964 vintage was made exclusively from Baco grapes. The estate carried out its own continuous distillation at a distillation strength of 52%, and used casks made from regional oak for maturation.

The history of Darroze is closely linked to Jean Darroze’s restaurant in Villeneuve-de-Marsan. It was there that his son Francis discovered the wines and spirits of Gascony. From the late 1960s, Francis increasingly sought out small estates in Bas-Armagnac, selecting their spirits and overseeing their maturation. Marc Darroze joined in 1994 and now runs the house. In its cellars in Roquefort and Labastide d’Armagnac, Darroze looks after both old cask stocks and younger spirits from small producers. Keeping each estate and vintage separate forms the basis of the Unique Collection.

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