Vintage Armagnac, 'Domaine de Marquet, 1983'

• Vintage Armagnac independently bottled by Laterrade in Mauvezin-d’Armagnac
• Appellation Bas-Armagnac Contrôlée
• Cépage: 100% Baco
• Distilled in 1983 and aged in French oak barrels for 39 years
• Plums and toffee on full-bodied palate with dried spices on the long finish
• Bottled at a cask strength of 43% ABV

“The Marquet estate is in Castandet, Famille Lamothe, and has three hectares of Baco. The estate’s first distillation was in 1976 and last in 2001, distilled by Roumat de Villeneuve de Marsan. The cellar is very humid because it is at the bottom of an embankment, which means that there are a lot of lower-proof Armagnacs.”—Charles Neal, Charles Neal Selections