{"title":"Armagnac","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eArmagnac, France's oldest grape brandy, from Gascony in the south-west. Vintage-dated and long-aged Bas-Armagnac from family producers such as Loujan and Domaine de Poutéou, plus the Vieille Réserve from Château Lafite Rothschild.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-coffret-mini-3x100-100ml-ice-rich-and-gold","title":"Château Laballe Coffret Mini 3x100 100ml Ice, Rich \u0026 Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Coffret Mini 3x100 Ice, Rich \u0026amp; Gold is a boxed set of three 100ml bottles covering the estate's three-, twelve- and twenty-one-year-old Armagnacs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set comes in an eco-friendly poplar box made in France and carrying the estate's mantra, Armagnac is back. Laballe distils at Parleboscq in Bas Armagnac, at the edge of the Landes forest in Gascony. Ice is the youngest of the 3-12-21 collection, distilled from Ugni Blanc and aged at least three years in Landes oak barrels, a quarter of them new: fine-boned and fresh but with real body. Rich spends a minimum of twelve years in Landes oak and is made from 80% Ugni Blanc and 20% Baco, distilled in the wood-fired copper pot still; it is layered and generous, with earthy depth balanced by citrus lift. Gold carries at least twenty-one years of cask age and is the deepest and most expansive of the three.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set works well as a tasting flight or a gift: pour Ice over ice or into a sidecar, sip Rich after dinner, and serve Gold neat at room temperature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038302433339,"sku":"21870-100","price":72.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-coffret-mini-3x100-100ml-ice-rich-and-gold.png?v=1787581745"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1973","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 700ml 1973","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac 1973 is a single-vintage Bas Armagnac from the Landes edge of the appellation, bottled from one harvest alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmagnac is France's oldest brandy, distilled in Gascony for at least seven centuries and predating Cognac by roughly a century and a half. Bas Armagnac, the westernmost of the three sub-regions, sits on sandy fawn soils that are held to give the most perfumed and finely textured spirit of the appellation. Château Laballe lies in the village of Parleboscq, between the Gers river and the edge of the Landes forest, and was bought by Jean-Dominique Laudet in 1820 after a career in the spice trade; Cyril and Julie Laudet are the eighth generation to run it. The 1973 is distilled entirely from Baco, the variety permitted only in Armagnac and long favoured in the sandy Bas Armagnac soils around Parleboscq. Distillation is continuous, in the alambic armagnacais that gives the region its lower-strength, more aromatic spirit, and ageing followed in oak from the Landes forest. Half a century in wood has taken this to a lighter, more delicate register than the estate's bigger vintages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReady now and at its peak. Serve at room temperature, around 18°C, in a tulip glass, with dark chocolate, dried figs or a mild washed-rind cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038302793787,"sku":"16632-700","price":524.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1973.png?v=1787581692"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-ice-3-years-w-retail-dust-bag-500ml","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac Ice 3 years w\/ Retail Dust Bag 500ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac Ice is the youngest release in the estate's 3-12-21 range, made for pouring over ice and into cocktails.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmagnac is France's oldest brandy, distilled in Gascony for at least seven centuries and predating Cognac by roughly a century and a half. Bas Armagnac, the westernmost of the three sub-regions, sits on sandy fawn soils that are held to give the most perfumed and finely textured spirit of the appellation. Château Laballe lies in the village of Parleboscq, between the Gers river and the edge of the Landes forest, and was bought by Jean-Dominique Laudet in 1820 after a career in the spice trade; Cyril and Julie Laudet are the eighth generation to run it. Ice is distilled from Ugni Blanc, the workhorse white variety of French brandy, and aged for a minimum of three years in barrels from the Landes forest, a quarter of them new. The short élevage keeps the spirit fine-boned and fresh while the new wood lends enough body and texture to stand up to dilution. It comes in a 500ml bottle with a retail dust bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrink young, as intended. Serve chilled or over a large cube as an aperitif, with olives, jamón or salted almonds, and treat it as a base for a highball or a citrus-driven cocktail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038302892091,"sku":"16913-500P","price":110.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-ice-3-years-w-retail-dust-bag-500ml.png?v=1787581745"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1992","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 700ml 1992","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac is a single-cask vintage armagnac from the Landes, bottled unfiltered at its natural strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBas Armagnac is the westernmost and most highly regarded of the three armagnac zones, its sandy soils giving eaux-de-vie that age with fruit and finesse rather than sheer power. Château Laballe works from estate-grown Ugni Blanc and distils in the domaine's 1923 wood-fired copper still, an alambic armagnaçais that runs at low strength and leaves a good deal of character in the spirit. Maturation then takes place in Chêne Noir Gascon, 410-litre barrels coopered from oak of the nearby Landes forest, whose thick grain contributes the tannin and spice that mark the house style. Nothing is added for colour, and the spirits are bottled brut de fût, unfiltered and at natural alcohol, usually from a single barrel. This release is entirely Ugni Blanc, drawn from Pièce n°A2-5, from a year that gave the distillery unusual tension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA digestif to take slowly at room temperature, neat in a tulip glass rather than over ice; it also holds up to dark chocolate, aged comté or a coffee after dinner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038325239867,"sku":"19087-700","price":282.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1992.png?v=1787581698"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-ice-3-years-500ml","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac Ice 3 years 500ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac Ice 3 years is the youngest bottling in the domaine's 3-12-21 range, made for mixing as much as for sipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBas Armagnac, in the sandy south-west of Gascony, is the most highly rated of the region's three zones, and Laballe has farmed and distilled there since 1820. Ice is distilled from Ugni Blanc and aged for a minimum of three years in barrels from the Landes forest, a quarter of them new, which is enough time in wood to build body and texture without the tannin and spice that the older bottlings carry. The style is deliberately fine-boned and fresh: young Bas Armagnac shown for its lift rather than its depth, and bottled to work at the start of a meal or in a mixed drink rather than at the end of the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe as an aperitif, over ice, or in cocktails in place of a young brandy; it also works with citrus desserts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038328549435,"sku":"16913-500","price":97.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-ice-3-years-500ml.png?v=1787581732"},{"product_id":"domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-200ml-1990","title":"Domaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac 200ml 1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac is a single-vintage grape brandy from the sandy western part of Armagnac in Gascony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandy, iron-rich soils in the west give brandy with more fruit and finesse than the heavier Ténarèze further east, which is why this zone is the most highly regarded of the three. Ugni Blanc, Baco, Folle Blanche and Colombard are picked early for a low-alcohol, high-acid base wine. That wine goes once through the alambic armagnaçais, the local column still, keeping more grape character than Cognac's double pot distillation. Everything here comes from one year's harvest, laid down in oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmber and mellow, with dried fruit, prune and rancio depth. Pour it neat at 18-20°C in a tulip glass after dinner with dark chocolate, walnuts or a mature hard cheese; a 200ml bottle is a handy way to try a single year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Armagnac \/ Domaine de Poutéou","offer_id":44270620311611,"sku":"DP2290","price":77.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-200ml-1990.png?v=1790051271"},{"product_id":"domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-200ml-2000","title":"Domaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac 200ml 2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac is a single-vintage brandy from Armagnac's finest sub-region, in south-west France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sables fauves, or tawny sands, of the western Gers give spirits more finesse and perfume than the clay-limestone parts of the region. Thin, high-acid wine, mainly from Ugni Blanc with Baco, Folle Blanche and Colombard, is distilled in the winter after harvest, once and continuously, which yields a lower-strength spirit with more of the grape's flavour. Gascon black oak casks then take over for many years, and nothing from other years is blended in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich and dry at 46% alcohol, with prune, dried orange peel and oak spice. Serve it neat at room temperature in a tulip glass as a digestif, alongside dark chocolate, walnuts or a mature blue cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Armagnac \/ Domaine de Poutéou","offer_id":44270620868667,"sku":"DP2200","price":61.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-200ml-2000.png?v=1790051270"},{"product_id":"domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-200ml-2009","title":"Domaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac 200ml 2009","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac is a vintage-dated Gascon brandy, distilled from white grapes and aged in oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe estate farms in the sandy west of Armagnac, source of the most fragrant brandies. Its grapes, Baco and Ugni Blanc among them, make poor table wine and excellent spirit, which is exactly why they're grown. The thin, acidic wine is distilled once at low strength in a continuous still, keeping more aroma than a pot still would, then rests in oak in the estate's cellar, slowly losing strength and gaining colour, spice and eventually rancio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYounger than the old vintages, still bright with grape and vanilla over gentle oak. Serve neat at 18-20°C after dinner or over ice when it's warm; a 200ml bottle makes an easy introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Armagnac \/ Domaine de Poutéou","offer_id":44270621491259,"sku":"DP2209","price":54.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-200ml-2009.png?v=1790051270"},{"product_id":"domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-5-years-old-200ml","title":"Domaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac 5 Years Old 200ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac 5 Years Old is a young, forthright grape brandy from Gascony, bottled at 49%.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmagnac has been distilled in Gascony since the fourteenth century, which makes it France's oldest spirit, and the tawny sands of the western zone give it particular perfume. A low-alcohol, high-acid base wine goes through the continuous column still, not the twice-distilled pot still used in Cognac, and comes off lower in strength carrying more of the grape. Five years in oak softens and colours it without taking away its youthful vigour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBright and fiery, with vine fruit, dried apricot and a warm oak finish. Drink it neat at room temperature after dinner or over a single large ice cube, and try it with dark chocolate or aged hard cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Armagnac \/ Domaine de Poutéou","offer_id":44270621884475,"sku":"DP1200","price":46.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-5-years-old-200ml.png?v=1790051270"},{"product_id":"domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-5-years-old-700ml","title":"Domaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac 5 Years Old 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac 5 Years Old is a young single-estate brandy from Gascony in south-west France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a family property that distils only its own wine, out on the tawny sands in the west of Armagnac. Colombard, Folle Blanche, Baco and Ugni Blanc are fermented dry without sulphur and distilled once, at low strength, so far more of the grape survives than in a double-distilled brandy. At least five years in oak then softens the spirit and adds colour and a touch of vanilla, and it's bottled at 49 per cent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVigorous and dry, with orchard fruit and a warm oak finish, and it carries its strength well. Serve at 18–20°C after dinner, neat or over one large ice cube in warm weather, with a walnut tart or salted caramel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Armagnac \/ Domaine de Poutéou","offer_id":44270622310459,"sku":"DP1700","price":122.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-5-years-old-700ml.png?v=1790051270"},{"product_id":"domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-700ml-1990","title":"Domaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac 700ml 1990","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac is a single-vintage Gascon brandy with long cask age, from the western zone of Armagnac.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIron-bearing tawny soils called sables fauves give this part of the region its brandies of finesse and floral perfume. The base is Gascony's traditional white grapes, mostly Ugni Blanc with some Baco, Folle Blanche and Colombard, fermented dry with no additions. The estate follows local practice: one pass through the continuous column still at low strength, for a spirit with more fruit and aromatic weight. It then ages in Gascon oak and is bottled from the one vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong-matured and mellow, with rancio, dried fruit, prune and toasted oak. Drink it neat after dinner in a tulip glass at room temperature, around 18-20°C, with dark chocolate, walnuts or a strong washed-rind cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Armagnac \/ Domaine de Poutéou","offer_id":44270622900283,"sku":"DP7790","price":192.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-700ml-1990.png?v=1790051271"},{"product_id":"domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-700ml-2000","title":"Domaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac 700ml 2000","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac is a single-estate brandy from Gascony, distilled from white wine and bottled from one vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf Armagnac's three sub-regions, the western one is the most highly regarded, with sandy, iron-bearing soils that give fruit and finesse. Baco, Ugni Blanc, Colombard and Folle Blanche are picked early and fermented dry to a low alcohol without sulphur. The real difference comes at distillation, a single run through a continuous still at low strength, keeping far more flavour than Cognac's double pot method. Many years in Gascon oak follow, with a slow loss of strength to evaporation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich and dry, bottled at 46 per cent, with prune, toffee and the rancio that only long cask ageing brings. Pour it neat at room temperature, around 18–20°C, in a tulip glass after dinner, with dark chocolate or a hard sheep's cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Armagnac \/ Domaine de Poutéou","offer_id":44270623326267,"sku":"DP7700","price":157.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-700ml-2000.png?v=1790051270"},{"product_id":"domaine-de-pouteou-bas-armagnac-700ml-2009","title":"Domaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac 700ml 2009","description":"\u003cp\u003eDomaine de Poutéou Bas Armagnac is a single-vintage Gascon brandy, firmer and more vinous than the estate's older bottlings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the west of Armagnac, tawny sands rich in iron produce the region's most perfumed brandies. Here the base wine comes chiefly from Ugni Blanc, backed by Folle Blanche, Colombard and Baco, and is left low in alcohol and high in acid, which is what distillation needs. The estate runs it once through the local continuous still, keeping fruit and aromatic weight in the spirit, then ages it in Gascon oak without blending across years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStone fruit, vanilla and a warm, spicy finish on a firm frame. 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This Vieille Réserve is a blend of several carefully selected eaux-de-vie, made to be enjoyed after dinner, and it comes in a gift box, which makes it a fine present for a Bordeaux collector or brandy lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePour at room temperature into a tulip-shaped glass and give it a few minutes to breathe. 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The grapes are the Gascon classics: Folle Blanche for florality, Ugni Blanc for freshness, and the hybrid Baco 22A for its rounder, plummier weight. Unlike Cognac, Armagnac is distilled once through a continuous alambic armagnacais at low strength, so more of the raw material survives into the spirit, and it is then aged in local black oak. At five years the wood has had time to round the spirit off without burying the grape, and the even split between Folle Blanche and Ugni Blanc keeps both the florality of the first and the cut of the second in play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe most versatile bottling in the range, good neat as a digestif and equally at home in a cocktail in place of cognac; serve at room temperature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Bas-Armagnac \/ Armagnac \/ Loujan","offer_id":44336393846843,"sku":"VAV-00150","price":103.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/loujan-bas-armagnac-5-year-old-700ml.png?v=1790658868"},{"product_id":"loujan-bas-armagnac-12-year-old-700ml","title":"Loujan Bas-Armagnac 12 Year Old 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eLoujan Bas-Armagnac 12 Year Old is a Gascon brandy of three quarters Ugni Blanc and a quarter Baco, bottled at 43%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBas-Armagnac is the westernmost and most highly regarded of Armagnac's three sub-regions, a pocket of acid sandy soils known as sables fauves that give brandies of unusual delicacy. 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Twelve years in black oak takes the spirit past its youthful stage into something noticeably rounder, and the quarter of Baco in the blend adds weight and a plummier fruit beneath the freshness that Ugni Blanc contributes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA digestif style with enough age to be drunk on its own after dinner, and a good match for prunes, walnuts or dark chocolate; serve at room temperature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Bas-Armagnac \/ Armagnac \/ Loujan","offer_id":44336394043451,"sku":"VAV-00151","price":173.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/loujan-bas-armagnac-12-year-old-700ml.png?v=1790658869"},{"product_id":"loujan-bas-armagnac-25-year-old-700ml","title":"Loujan Bas-Armagnac 25 Year Old 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eLoujan Bas-Armagnac 25 Year Old is a long-aged Gascon brandy led by Baco with Ugni Blanc in support, bottled at 43%.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBas-Armagnac is the westernmost and most highly regarded of Armagnac's three sub-regions, a pocket of acid sandy soils known as sables fauves that give brandies of unusual delicacy. 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