Domaine de Miqueou 1983/2024 - 41 yo - Armagnac Darroze

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 47% | Colouring: No

Special Features:

This vintage Armagnac combines a single-estate origin with 41 years of maturation in oak. This Armagnac from Domaine de Miqueou in Ténarèze was distilled in 1983 and bottled in January 2024 for Darroze's Unique Collection. The Armagnac underwent a single distillation and was bottled without dilution at 47%. Gift packaging is included.

In the Unique Collection, estates and vintages are kept separate: Darroze blends neither different estates nor different harvest years for this range. Each Armagnac matures separately in its own oak cask with a capacity of 420 litres. No sugar, caramel or tannin is added either. This bottling therefore centres on mature Armagnac from a single estate, with no water added to alter its natural alcoholic strength.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: The nose reveals peach notes with a caramelised character and almonds with a honeyed sweetness. Juicy orange, blackberries and raisins add to the bouquet, with hints of caramel.
• Palate: The Armagnac is full-bodied on the palate. Sweet currants, passion fruit and physalis combine with spicy dates. Liquorice, roses and a flavour reminiscent of wine gums add further detail.
• Finish: A complex interplay of fruit lingers through the long finish.

Distillery/Bottler:

Domaine de Miqueou supplies the Armagnac, while Darroze selects it, oversees its further maturation and bottles it. The house has its roots in Jean Darroze's restaurant in Villeneuve-de-Marsan, where his son Francis discovered the wines and spirits of Gascony. Towards the end of the 1960s, Francis increasingly visited local estates, selected Armagnacs and began ageing and bottling them.

Marc Darroze joined the family business in 1994 and runs the house today. Its work includes both selecting old stocks and buying young spirits from small producers. Darroze oversees their further development in its cellars in Roquefort and Labastide d’Armagnac. Keeping estates and vintages separate during ageing preserves the differences between individual origins rather than blending them into a consistent house style.

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