Darroze Domaine Au Martin Vintage 1997 Armagnac

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Armagnac: Darroze Domaine Au Martin Vintage 1997

In the palate, the tanins are silky, the flavors fruity and fine. Very well balances between alcohol, tanins and aromas.

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Size: 750ML

Proof: 97.8 (48.9% ABV)

Origin: France

Distillery: Darroze

Baco, Ugni blanc, Colombard, Folle blanche. 20 years in oak Bottled: September 2017. Marc Darroze is a treasure hunter, roaming Armagnac to find extraordinary barrels from the best terroirs. Marc has partnered with a high-quality mobile distiller, who makes the rounds in a truck after harvest much as mobile distillers would in the bygone days of horse and wagon. Thus Marc both buys barrels of aged Armagnac from farmers like his father did, and he buys the just-distilled white spirits from a given farm and ages it himself. Typically, a new spirit will go into a new barrel in the drier Darroze cellar (Marc has separate ageing cellars), two conditions that encourage faster evaporation and oxidation. After several years, this spirit is racked into an older barrel and moved to the more humid cellar, factors that naturally slow the maturation process. Darroze produces two lines of Armagnacs. The first is the range of blends, known as Les Grands Assemblages, and the second is the Unique Collection, or single estate, vintage dated spirits. All come from farms in the Bas Armagnac, the westernmost district of Armagnac down low on the edge of the Landes forest where the soil was once swamp and before that beachits very sandy. This translates into naturally low yields and higher acid grapes, which are perfect for distillation and give this district its reputation as the best in the region. To the east is the Tenarze district with more clay and limestone, and further east is the Haut Armagnac zone, where the production of Ctes de Gascogne is centered.

Darroze Domaine Au Martin Vintage 1997 Armagnac Tasting Note

Nose: The nose is generous, with some cooked apple, dry apricot, orange peel, fine pieces and toast. Very complex.

Palate: In the palate, the tanins are silky, the flavors fruity and fine. Very well balances between alcohol, tanins and aromas. Very long in the palate.

Finish: Very long.