60% Baco/40% Ugni Blanc. Rich and well-balanced.
'The Roma family has been producing Armagnacs in Cravencères for several generations. The partnership with Maison Darroze has allowed our customers to discover old vintages from the 1960s to the most recent. An extraordinary collection of richness, complexity and pleasure.'
Moderate reduction pushes the underlying fruit to the background today. On the palate there is excellent volume to the vibrant and equally stony medium weight flavors that also conclude in a chiseled, bone-dry and sneaky long finale. This is a potentiall...
Coppo has managed Tenuta La Rocca in Monterotondo (Gavi) since the mid-1980s. Gavi is a classic white Piedmontese wine, made entirely from Cortese grape. It is one of the region’s oldest native varieties. Its name derives from the wine’s original consumer the noble court, corte in Italian. La Rocca comes from marl calcareous soil that lend it an unexpected mineral complexity.
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There is slightly better Chablis typicity present on the aromas of mineral reduction, iodine and cool white fleshed fruit. There is also slightly better volume and richness to the delicious medium weight flavors that possess a lovely sense of underlying t...
This is from the excellent Pargues vineyard, vinified and aged in stainless steel. Pale color. The bouquet has a Chablisian crispness but also the juiciness of this 2022 vintage. Crisply concentrated on the palate.
'At Domaine de Cantau, the classic sands of Bas Armagnac are accompanied by clay, a terroir known as boulbènes. The local grape varieties Folle Blanche and Baco find their best conditions here.'
60% Ugni Blanc/33% Colombard. Smooth and elegant.
At 40 years, the Armagnac’s style is definitely apparent. The quality of the oak used is very important, as the right use of a quality barrel will bring complexity and finesse to the Armagnac; elements that can be judged and appreciated after 40 years in contact with the wood.