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1257 Kensington Road NW
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$609.99
This 1977 vintage Bas Armagnac has been bottled by Decadent Drinks at a natural cask strength of 45.2%. 90pts WhiskyFun
Producer Description
"1977 is an excellent but super rare vintage, thanks to an unusually low harvest that year. All of which makes this wee bottling a total gem and a bit of a no-brainer for us when it came to selecting our latest Armagnac Sponge. A perfect natural strength and bags of concentrated dark fruits, honey and intricate wood spices. Luscious, decadent and something undeniably very special!"
700 ml Low StockProducer Tasting Note
Nose: at once concentrated and full of earthiness and dark fruits, but also possessing a lighter side with a lot of honey and brighter floral aromas. Overall, wonderfully balanced and intricate Armagnac that nods at a Borderies Cognac style in some lights.
Palate: superb balance of power and richness with lighter, deft fruit notes, lots of rancio and strong hints of damp tobacco leaf and furniture oils.
Finish: long, complicatedly fruity, deeply on rancio and full of similar earthy and honeyed combinations.
90pts WhiskyFun
"Monsieur Sponge is back. Colour: copper. Nose: it's a fruit compote, with ripe cherries, deep red peaches, a hint of caramel, geranium flowers, peonies, and garden compost. It's obviously very beautiful and certainly a tad rustic. Mouth: it's even better on the palate. The pretty obvious woodiness acts like a crown of diamonds around an emerald or a sapphire (you're exaggerating there, S.) More cooked red fruits, chocolate, rosemary, liquorice, a few cloves, touches of tar, a few drops of tomato sauce... Finish: long, very beautiful, almost fresh but always with those notes of cooked fruits. Indian spices (red tandoori). Comments: one can only wonder why most armagnacs age so much better than malt whiskies. We'll have to interview The Sponge on this subject. SGP:661 - 90 points."
$424.99
This 48 year old Bas Armagnac was made in a continuous still from baco grapes, and was filled into a Puncheon cask in 1974. It was bottled by Liquid Treasures in 2023 at 51.2%. 89pts Whisky Fun
$489.99
If you are looking to gift somebody a birthyear bottle of something they can either drink now or hold onto as long as they want, Castarède Armagnac should be considered.
The Armagnac House Castarède was founded in 1832 and remains in the same family to this day. It is now headed by Florence Castarede, who is the sixth generation of the Castarède family in charge of the Armagnac house. Castarède has an impressive selection of vintages still available, with consecutive vintages from 2003 back to the 1890s.
The vineyards are in the heart of the Bas-Armagnac region and are planted with a variety of grapes: Folle Blache, Colombard and Saint-Emillion. Castarede Armagnacs then get aged in black oak barrels in the family's ancient cellars, before a little bit finds its way to Canada for fans like us!
$724.99
This 58 year old Armagnac is a Bas Armagnac from Chateau du Gaube, distilled in 1963. It has been bottled under Decadent Drinks' Notable Age Statement range at 46.3%.
Producer Description
"Extremely classical in style, it leans more heavily towards a rustic and earthy Armagnac profile dominated by dark fruits, layers of earth, tobaccos and chocolate, and many wonderful honeyed and fruity complexities. A glorious aged spirit that is the epitome of class, pleasure and decadence in a glass!"
$574.99
45.2%
Producer Description
"This is Cognac Sponge Edition No.9, it is a Grande Champagne Heritage N.62 which hails from the cellars of Vallein Tercinier.
This is a single cask that was bottled at natural cask strength and it is downright, illegally gorgeous old juice!
Featuring all the great flavours of long-aged Grande Champagnes: wizen old raisins, grumpy old sultanas, hammock-bound prunes, figs in blankets, dates telling stories about the war, rocking chairs whittled from pure rancio and old wireless radios playing Charles de Gaulle speeches on a loop.
First please purchase several bottles of this Cognac, and then sit with them in hushed reverence until further instruction."
