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Spirit of this age is brought down to bottling strength gradually, over years rather than at the last moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass rather than a balloon, without ice, and give it a few minutes in the glass after pouring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031874564155,"sku":"RAGFLO6","price":420.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-florilege-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318410"},{"product_id":"ragnaud-sabourin-fontvieille-n-35-700ml-nv","title":"Ragnaud Sabourin Fontvieille N°35 700mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eRagnaud Sabourin Fontvieille N°35 is a long aged Grande Champagne Cognac from a single family estate at Ambleville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGrande Champagne is the first cru of Cognac, a band of soft chalk south of the town planted overwhelmingly to Ugni Blanc, with older parcels of Folle Blanche and Colombard surviving on estates that value them. Ragnaud-Sabourin farms, distils and ages its own production, and its numbered bottlings step up in age through the range rather than serving as marketing tiers. Fontvieille sits well beyond the minimum ageing the XO category requires. The base wine is made without chaptalisation, as the appellation demands, distilled twice in copper alembic stills and matured in Limousin oak in the estate cellars, where humidity governs how the spirit concentrates over time. Nothing is added to adjust colour or sweetness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass after dinner; stored upright and away from light, an opened bottle keeps well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031884722235,"sku":"RAGFON6","price":342.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-fontvieille-n-35-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318410"},{"product_id":"ragnaud-sabourin-reserve-speciale-no-20-700ml-nv","title":"Ragnaud Sabourin Réserve Spéciale No. 20 700mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eRagnaud Sabourin Réserve Spéciale No. 20 is a Grande Champagne Cognac from an estate that grows, distils and ages everything it sells.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmbleville lies in the middle of Grande Champagne, the innermost cru of Cognac, where the chalk subsoil holds water through dry summers and is credited with producing eaux-de-vie that reward very long ageing. Ragnaud-Sabourin works with Ugni Blanc together with Folle Blanche, the older variety that dominated the region before phylloxera and is now rare. The wine is distilled twice in copper alembic stills, then aged in Limousin oak casks in the family cellars, where the humidity of the chai governs how the spirit concentrates over the years. The numbered bottlings ascend in age through the range, and the house does not use caramel, sugar or oak extracts to adjust what comes out of the barrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBest served neat at room temperature in a tulip glass after dinner, without ice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031884820539,"sku":"RAGRES6","price":206.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-reserve-speciale-no-20-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318410"},{"product_id":"ragnaud-sabourin-vsop-selection-du-domaine-no-10-700ml-nv","title":"Ragnaud Sabourin VSOP Selection Du Domaine No. 10 700mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eRagnaud Sabourin VSOP Selection Du Domaine No. 10 is a Grande Champagne Cognac made entirely from the estate's own vines at Ambleville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVSOP is a legal category requiring the youngest eau-de-vie in the blend to have spent at least four years in oak, and most houses meet that and no more; the numbered bottlings at Ragnaud-Sabourin sit above the minimum. Grande Champagne, the cru surrounding the estate, is the most chalk dominated of Cognac's six growing zones, and its spirits are the slowest to mature and the longest lived. Ugni Blanc is picked early at modest sugar levels, fermented without chaptalisation as the appellation requires, and distilled twice in copper pot stills before ageing in Limousin oak. The house has long declined to use caramel or sugar to standardise its releases from one bottling to the next.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature after a meal, or use it where a good Cognac is called for in mixed drinks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031884886075,"sku":"RAGVSOP6","price":155.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-vsop-selection-du-domaine-no-10-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318410"},{"product_id":"ragnaud-sabourin-xo-extra-no-25-700ml-nv","title":"Ragnaud Sabourin XO Extra No. 25 700mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eRagnaud Sabourin XO Extra No. 25 is a long matured Cognac from Grande Champagne, grown, distilled and aged on a single family property.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eXO now requires a minimum of ten years in wood, a threshold raised from six in 2018, and the older bottlings in this range go well past it. The estate lies at Ambleville in Grande Champagne, the first of Cognac's crus, where deep chalk gives thin, sharp base wine that distils into spirit of unusual staying power. Ugni Blanc, with a proportion of Folle Blanche, is fermented without chaptalisation, as the appellation requires, and distilled twice in copper alembics before ageing in Limousin oak, moving from more active casks to older, more neutral wood as the years pass. Nothing is added to adjust colour or sweetness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass after dinner; it needs no ice, and repays a few minutes standing in the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031885017147,"sku":"RAGXO6","price":315.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-xo-extra-no-25-700ml-nv.png?v=1787318412"},{"product_id":"ragnaud-sabourin-paradis-heritage-g-briand-500ml-nv","title":"Ragnaud-Sabourin Paradis Héritage G. Briand 500mL NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eRagnaud-Sabourin Paradis Héritage G. 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Bottlings at this level are drawn from small reserves laid down by earlier generations of the family, and are released in tiny quantities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eServe at room temperature in a tulip glass, without ice, at the end of a meal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Ragnaud-Sabourin","offer_id":44031897763899,"sku":"RAGPAR506","price":2280.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/ragnaud-sabourin-paradis-heritage-g-briand-500ml-nv.png?v=1787318412"},{"product_id":"cognac-tesseron-lot-29-xo-exception-700ml","title":"Cognac Tesseron Lot 29 XO Exception 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eLot 29 XO Exception is Tesseron's original release, a blend of Grande Champagne cognacs drawn from stocks laid down from the 1920s and earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCognac is distilled twice in copper pot stills from thin, high-acid white wine, and Grande Champagne, the innermost of the region's six crus, has the chalkiest soils and yields the eaux-de-vie that reward the longest ageing. The Tesseron family made its name as buyers and keepers of old stock rather than as a commercial house, and Lot 29 is the cornerstone of the collection: a blend built on distillations begun in the 1920s, with a proportion from 1905 and 1906, aged in cask across three generations of the family. Unusually for a modern cognac, the blend includes some Colombard and Folle Blanche alongside the standard Ugni Blanc; both were widely planted before phylloxera and are now rarities. Long cask ageing in a damp cellar is what produces the rancio character these old lots are prized for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReady to drink and stable in bottle for years once opened. 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The Tesseron family built its reputation on holding deep reserves of old Grande Champagne eaux-de-vie, and this bottling is an attempt to bring that house character to a younger, more accessible blend. Ugni Blanc is the base variety, as it is for almost all cognac. What sets Composition apart in a crowded price bracket is the refusal to use caramel colouring, standard practice elsewhere: the bright amber tone comes from the proportion of older spirit carried in the blend. The result keeps the vinous, textural quality that runs through the range, and the house tested it thoroughly in classic cocktails before signing off the final assemblage, so it works stirred and shaken as well as neat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReady to drink now. Serve neat at room temperature, over a large cube, or in a sidecar or old fashioned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Cognac Tesseron","offer_id":44038110707771,"sku":"14705-700","price":114.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/cognac-tesseron-composition-700ml.png?v=1787581942"},{"product_id":"cognac-tesseron-lot-76-xo-tradition-1750ml","title":"Cognac Tesseron Lot 76 XO Tradition 1750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eTesseron Lot 76 XO Tradition is a Grande Champagne cognac built from reserve stocks distilled predominantly in the mid-1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrande Champagne is the innermost of the six crus of Cognac, its chalky soils giving eaux-de-vie that are slow to develop and long-lived, which is why the cru dominates the region's oldest blends. Tesseron is a Cognac house known for its holdings of mature Grande Champagne stock, and the Lot numbering refers to the era of distillation rather than a single vintage. The base wine here is Ugni Blanc, picked early and low in alcohol, then double-distilled in Charentais copper pot stills before long, quiet maturation in old oak casks, where the wood contributes little fresh tannin and the spirit slowly loses strength and gains complexity. The components in this blend are 25 to 30 years old at bottling, and the result is a striking copper colour and a dense, viscous palate of roasted nuts, baked pear and orange peel. This is the 1.75-litre bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass, with dark chocolate, walnuts or a hard aged cheese; an opened bottle keeps for a year or more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Cognac \/ Cognac \/ Cognac Tesseron","offer_id":44038202163259,"sku":"6159-1750","price":985.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/cognac-tesseron-lot-76-xo-tradition-1750ml.png?v=1787581943"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-2500ml-1998","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 2500ml 1998","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac in this vintage bottling is 100% Ugni Blanc, offered in a 2.5-litre format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBas Armagnac is the westernmost and most highly regarded of the three Armagnac zones, a landscape of sandy boulbènes soils at the edge of the Landes forest in Gascony. Château Laballe lies at Parleboscq, and the Laudet family has been there since 1820. Aged Armagnac of this kind conveys a sense of place that is rare among spirits, and Laballe's vintage releases are notable for their texture and persistence. The wine is distilled in the domaine's wood-fired copper still, which dates from 1923, and the spirit then matures in Chêne Noir Gascon — 410-litre barrels coopered from oak cut in the nearby Landes forest. That thick-grained wood gives plenty of tannin and spice, and is a large part of the house style. No colour is added, and the spirits are bottled brut de fût: unfiltered, at their natural strength, and often from a single barrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe large format suits a long dinner or a gift; serve at room temperature in a tulip glass with dark chocolate, walnuts or a hard aged cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038302302267,"sku":"16639-2500","price":784.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-2500ml-1998.png?v=1787581736"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-2004","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 700ml 2004","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac in this bottling is a single-vintage, 100% Ugni Blanc spirit still young by Armagnac standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmagnac has been made in Gascony, in south-west France, for at least seven centuries, predating Cognac by around a century and a half, and Bas Armagnac is its finest sub-region. Château Laballe sits at Parleboscq, on the edge of the Landes forest, and has been in Laudet hands since 1820; Cyril and Julie Laudet are the eighth generation. Ugni Blanc is the workhorse white of the region, low in alcohol and high in acidity, which is exactly what suits distillation. The wine is distilled in the estate's 1923 wood-fired copper still and then aged in 410-litre Chêne Noir Gascon barrels made from local Landes oak, whose thick grain supplies tannin and spice slowly. Nothing is added for colour, and the spirit is bottled brut de fût — unfiltered and at cask strength, often from one barrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYounger vintage Armagnac takes well to a splash of water or a large ice cube; otherwise serve it neat at room temperature with dark chocolate or roasted nuts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038302335035,"sku":"16548-700","price":185.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-2004.png?v=1787581699"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1997","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 700ml 1997","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac in this release was bottled from a single cask, Pièce n°A1-12, and is 100% Ugni Blanc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBas Armagnac, in Gascony, is the sandy western heart of the region, and Château Laballe farms and distils at Parleboscq on the edge of the Landes forest. The estate was bought in 1820 by Jean-Dominique Laudet and remains in the family. What distinguishes Laballe's vintage releases is that they are treated as individual barrels rather than blended to a house profile: distillation takes place in the domaine's wood-fired copper still, built in 1923, and each spirit then rests in Chêne Noir Gascon, 410-litre casks coopered from oak grown in the Landes nearby. Extended maturation in that thick-grained wood contributes tannin and spice over many years. There is no added colour and no filtration, and bottling is brut de fût, at the natural strength the cask has reached.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe it neat at room temperature in a tulip glass after a meal, with dark chocolate, dried fruit or a mature cheese; an opened bottle keeps for years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038302367803,"sku":"19083-700","price":225.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1997.png?v=1787581698"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1983","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 700ml 1983","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac in this release is made entirely from Baco, the hybrid variety unique to Armagnac among French appellations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaco 22A was bred in the Landes in 1898 and is the only hybrid permitted in a French appellation spirit; growers keep it because it ripens well on the sandy soils of Bas Armagnac and because its distillate ages more slowly and more richly than Ugni Blanc. Château Laballe, at Parleboscq on the edge of the Landes forest, has been in the Laudet family since 1820 and works with both varieties. Distillation is carried out in the estate's wood-fired copper still of 1923, and the spirit then spends many years in Chêne Noir Gascon — 410-litre barrels made from oak cut in the forest nearby — which slowly supplies tannin and spice. Nothing is added for colour, and the Armagnac is bottled brut de fût: unfiltered, at its natural strength, and often from a single barrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an after-dinner spirit: serve it neat at room temperature with dark chocolate, prunes in Armagnac or a strong cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038302400571,"sku":"19078-700","price":325.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1983.png?v=1787581698"},{"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":65.0,"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-2500ml-1992","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 2500ml 1992","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac in this bottling comes from a single cask, Pièce n°A2-5, and is 100% Ugni Blanc, in a 2.5-litre format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe lies at Parleboscq, in the Bas Armagnac, where the Landes forest meets the vineyards of Gascony. The Laudet family bought the domaine in 1820 and now farms it in its eighth generation. Aged Armagnac from here is bottled cask by cask rather than blended to a consistent profile, so each release carries the character of its own barrel and season. The wine is distilled in the domaine's 1923 wood-fired copper still, and the spirit is then matured in Chêne Noir Gascon, 410-litre barrels coopered from oak grown in the neighbouring Landes forest; the thick grain of that wood gives the tannin and spice that mark the house style. No colour is added at any point, and bottling is brut de fût, unfiltered and at natural cask strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2.5-litre bottle is made for sharing over a long evening; serve neat at room temperature with dark chocolate, walnuts or a plate of hard cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038302466107,"sku":"19087-2500","price":900.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-2500ml-1992.png?v=1787581745"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-2500ml-1991","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 2500ml 1991","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac in this large-format release is made entirely from Baco and bottled at natural cask strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaco is Armagnac's own variety, a hybrid bred in the Landes at the end of the nineteenth century and the only one of its kind allowed in a French appellation spirit. On the sandy soils of Bas Armagnac it gives a distillate with more body than Ugni Blanc and one that takes long cask ageing particularly well. Château Laballe, at Parleboscq on the edge of the Landes forest in Gascony, has been in the Laudet family since 1820. Distillation is in the estate's wood-fired copper still, in service since 1923, and maturation takes place in Chêne Noir Gascon: 410-litre barrels made from oak cut in the forest nearby, whose thick grain releases tannin and spice slowly across the decades. Nothing is added for colour, and the Armagnac is bottled unfiltered, brut de fût, generally from a single barrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented in a 2.5-litre bottle for a table of guests; serve at room temperature in a tulip glass with dark chocolate, dried fruit or aged cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038302498875,"sku":"16637-2500","price":931.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-2500ml-1991.png?v=1787581745"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1984","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 700ml 1984","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac in this vintage release is 100% Baco, from an estate that has been in the same family for eight generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe great spirit of Gascony has been made in this part of south-west France for at least seven centuries, predating Cognac — produced in the Charente valley three hours to the north — by around 150 years, though global attention has long favoured the better-marketed cousin. Cyril Laudet and his wife Julie are among those working to change that. Château Laballe stands at Parleboscq, between the Landes forest, the largest in France, and the Gers river, within the Bas Armagnac terroir. Jean-Dominique Laudet bought the domaine in 1820 after a career in the spice trade, wanting to settle in the country and make France's oldest spirit; Cyril and Julie are the eighth generation. 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The domaine was bought by Jean-Dominique Laudet in 1820 and is now in its eighth generation with Cyril and Julie Laudet, who have set about raising the profile of a spirit that has spent centuries in the shadow of Cognac. Baco, bred locally in the late nineteenth century and permitted nowhere else in French appellation spirits, gives a broader, rounder distillate than Ugni Blanc and holds up to decades in wood. 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The Tesseron family have specialised in holding these spirits far longer than commercial pressure usually allows, and Perfection is drawn entirely from their 1950s reserves, matured in Limousin oak casks across two generations of the family before bottling. That length of time in wide-grained oak, followed by decades of slow oxidation, produces layered richness — roasted nuts, mixed peel, raisin, dark chocolate and wild honey — and the rancio complexity that marks genuinely old cognac. For all its intensity the texture stays pillowy rather than heavy, the spirit fully integrated, and the finish is long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass, without ice. 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Tradition sits in the middle of the Tesseron range and draws on reserves with distillations going back to the mid-1970s, matured in Limousin oak. The colour is a striking copper. The nose is intensely fragrant, with roasted nuts, wood spice, leatherwood honey and baked pear, while the palate is deep and viscous, running to Bosc pear, almond, oloroso sherry and orange peel. The finish is long and warming, with brown sugar, vanilla and a saline edge that keeps the whole thing savoury rather than sweet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrink it neat at room temperature, ideally in a tulip glass rather than a balloon. 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Extreme is assembled from ten such demijohns in the Tesseron family's Paradis cellars, with the youngest component from 1905 and the oldest from 1865, and a portion pre-dating phylloxera. The older lots therefore include pre-AOC plantings of Colombard and Folle Blanche alongside the Ugni Blanc that dominates today. Some 70 to 80 years in oak followed by decades in glass produce a spirit that is velvety and supple, of great depth and rancio complexity, opening in waves and closing soft, long and surprisingly fresh. The 1.75-litre bottle is a scale replica of the demijohns it came from, and only 300 were made worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass, with nothing alongside it. 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Cognac is traditionally transferred from barrel to demijohn — 25-litre heavy glass flagons — after about 75 years, at which point maturation slows almost to a halt but does not stop entirely. The eight demijohns behind this bottling were not a single distillation but a blend of 88 Grande Champagne cognacs, presumably racked from barrel into glass in 1898. Because they pre-date both phylloxera and the formation of the appellation, the blend would have included Colombard and Folle Blanche alongside Ugni Blanc, together with other varieties widely planted at the time. Only 286 bottles of it were ever produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrink it neat at room temperature from a tulip glass and give it time to open. 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The Tesseron family have made a speciality of exactly that. Perfection is drawn entirely from their 1950s reserves, matured in Limousin oak casks across two generations of the family before bottling. The long time in wide-grained oak followed by slow oxidation gives the layered richness the house is known for — roasted nuts, mixed peel, raisin, dark chocolate and wild honey — along with the complex rancio notes that only genuinely old cognac develops. The texture stays pillowy despite the intensity, the spirit is fully integrated and the finish is long. This is the large-format bottling of the same blend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass, without ice. 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Abel Tesseron put these blends aside in the second half of the nineteenth century, and they have since passed into demijohns — 25-litre heavy glass flagons used to hold old cognac once it has taken all it can from wood and reached optimum maturity. The four demijohns behind this bottling carry a lot year of 1865, which places the distillation before phylloxera reached the region and before the appellation was formalised. The grape mix would therefore have included Ugni Blanc, Colombard and Folle Blanche along with other varieties widely planted at the time; no records survive to say precisely what went into the wine before distillation, only the 1865 tag. Just 143 bottles were produced.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass and give it a long time to open. 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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. 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Laballe's examples are made from estate Ugni Blanc and distilled in the domaine's 1923 wood-fired copper still, a continuous armagnac alambic run at low strength so that the spirit retains flavour rather than being stripped clean. Ageing follows in Chêne Noir Gascon, 410-litre casks made from oak of the neighbouring Landes forest by a local cooper; the wood is thick grained and slow to give, lending tannin and spice over long maturation. No colour is added, and each release is bottled brut de fût, unfiltered and at its natural alcohol, generally from one barrel. 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Laballe grows its own Ugni Blanc and distils in a wood-fired copper still dating from 1923, then matures the spirit in 410-litre Chêne Noir Gascon barrels built from oak cut in the Landes forest that surrounds the estate. That thick-grained wood works slowly, giving tannin and spice across many years and shaping the distinctive Laballe style. Nothing is added for colour and nothing is reduced with water: bottling is brut de fût, unfiltered, at natural alcohol and usually from a single cask. This release is 100 per cent Ugni Blanc, from a vintage the house rates as powerful and richly expressive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest taken neat as a digestif at room temperature, and a good match for dark chocolate, dried fruit or a strong washed-rind cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038325305403,"sku":"19084-700","price":215.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-2001.png?v=1787581698"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1982","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 700ml 1982","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac is a vintage Bas Armagnac made entirely from Baco, the hybrid variety now found only in armagnac country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaco was bred at the turn of the twentieth century to give something of the character of Folle Blanche without its fragility, and it remained the mainstay of armagnac until the late 1970s. Château Laballe still keeps it, distilling in the domaine's 1923 wood-fired copper still and ageing the spirit in Chêne Noir Gascon, 410-litre barrels coopered from oak of the adjacent Landes forest. The thick-grained wood gives tannin and spice slowly, which is why these bottlings can carry decades in cask without drying out. No colour is added and the spirit is bottled brut de fût, unfiltered and at natural alcohol, almost always from a single barrel. This one was drawn from the demijohn cask marked Dame Jeanne n°R4 and bottled in September 2021, from a year whose good yields brought firm acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA slow after-dinner spirit, served neat at room temperature; it also sits well with dark chocolate, dried apricots or a plate of walnuts and hard cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038327631931,"sku":"19077-700","price":326.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1982.png?v=1787581698"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1972","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 700ml 1972","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac is an old vintage Bas Armagnac made entirely from Baco and bottled at its natural strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBas Armagnac is the western and most highly regarded part of the region, where sandy soils and the traditional continuous still give brandy of aromatic lift rather than sheer weight. Laballe distils in the domaine's 1923 wood-fired copper still and ages in Chêne Noir Gascon, 410-litre barrels coopered from oak of the neighbouring Landes forest; the thick-grained wood releases tannin and spice slowly, which is what allows these spirits to spend decades in cask. Baco, a French-American hybrid now confined to armagnac country, was the mainstay of the region until the late 1970s and gives a rounder, earthier spirit than Ugni Blanc. Nothing is added for colour and bottling is brut de fût, unfiltered and at natural alcohol, generally from a single barrel. This release is 100 per cent Baco from a strong year for the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA spirit to take slowly after dinner, neat and at room temperature; it holds up to dark chocolate, roasted nuts and aged hard cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038328352827,"sku":"17335-700","price":559.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1972.png?v=1787581697"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-resistance-baco-700ml","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac Résistance Baco 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac Résistance Baco is a single-variety bottling of Baco, the hybrid grape now grown nowhere outside armagnac country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil the late 1970s Baco was the prime ingredient in armagnac. Ugni Blanc holds that position today, but the older variety shaped the region's identity, and Cyril Laudet wanted both to commemorate that and to show people why it matters by presenting it on its own. Baco was developed at the turn of the twentieth century as a French-American hybrid, bred to give some of the flavours of Folle Blanche without its susceptibility to phylloxera; the etching on the label depicts that parasite. Résistance took three years to get right, worked through in consultation with the trade, and blends three armagnacs distilled in 2009, 2010 and 2012. Each spent its first year in new 410-litre Chêne Noir Gascon barrels from Bartholomo, the last cooper left in the Landes, for texture and sweetness, then the balance of its ageing in older wood, which brings out earthier and more savoury character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn elegant spirit to sip neat after dinner, and a good base for a Sazerac or an old fashioned; it also works with dark chocolate and salted almonds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038328418363,"sku":"17330-700","price":117.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-resistance-baco-700ml.png?v=1787581710"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-gold-21-years-500ml","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac Gold 21 years 500ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac Gold 21 years is the oldest wine in the domaine's 3-12-21 range, with a minimum of 21 years in cask.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaballe's 3-12-21 collection is built on age rather than vintage, and Gold sits at the top of it. The spirit is distilled from estate fruit in the domaine's wood-fired copper still and matured in 410-litre barrels of Chêne Noir Gascon, coopered from oak of the nearby Landes forest, whose thick grain gives up its tannin and spice slowly. Every component carries at least 21 years in wood, and over half the blend comes from stocks more than 30 years old, which is where the depth and the spicy weight originate. It is powerful and elegant at once, a hallmark of the older Laballe bottlings, with the layered, fleshy mouthfeel that only long cask ageing produces. As with the vintage releases, no colour is added.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA digestif above all, served neat at room temperature after dinner, and a match for dark chocolate, dried figs or a strong hard cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038328483899,"sku":"16915-500","price":134.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-gold-21-years-500ml.png?v=1787581743"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-rich-12-years-500ml","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac Rich 12 years 500ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac Rich 12 years is the middle bottling of the domaine's 3-12-21 range, aged for a minimum of twelve years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe farms in the sandy Bas Armagnac country of the Landes, the western and most highly regarded of the three armagnac zones. Rich is made from 80 per cent Ugni Blanc and 20 per cent Baco, the latter a hybrid now unique to the region, and is distilled in the estate's wood-fired copper pot before spending at least twelve years in oak barrels from the neighbouring Landes forest. That wood is thick grained and slow to give, so the ageing builds structure and spice gradually rather than laying on obvious oak. The result is layered and generous, with earthy depth on one side and a fresher, zesty citrus edge on the other, and it carries the extra texture that the middle of the range is meant to deliver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood after dinner, served neat at room temperature, and robust enough to add spicy depth to a Sazerac; it also suits dark chocolate and dried fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038328516667,"sku":"16914-500","price":106.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-rich-12-years-500ml.png?v=1787581744"},{"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":91.0,"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":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1998","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 700ml 1998","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac is a vintage brandy from the Landes edge of Gascony, 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, and Château Laballe sits at Parleboscq on the edge of the great Landes forest. The Laudet family bought the estate in 1820 and is now in its eighth generation. Distillation takes place in the domaine's own wood-fired copper still, in use since 1923, after which the spirit goes into Chêne Noir Gascon — 410-litre casks coopered from oak cut in the nearby Landes. That thick-grained wood gives more tannin and spice than most brandy casks and accounts for much of the estate's style. Nothing is added for colour, and the spirit is bottled brut de fût: unfiltered, at its natural alcohol level and often from a single barrel. This release is made entirely from Ugni Blanc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBest served at room temperature in a tulip glass, or over a single large piece of ice in warm weather. 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Château Laballe lies at Parleboscq in Bas Armagnac, at the edge of the Landes forest, and has been in Laudet family hands since 1820. The spirit is distilled in the estate's wood-fired copper still of 1923 and then matured in Chêne Noir Gascon, 410-litre casks made from local Landes oak whose thick grain contributes noticeably more tannin and spice than standard cooperage. No colour is added at any stage, and the brandy is bottled brut de fût — unfiltered, at cask strength, and frequently from a single barrel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe at room temperature in a tulip glass, after dinner, with dark chocolate, roasted nuts or an aged cheese. 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Jean-Dominique Laudet bought the property in 1820 after a career in the spice trade; Cyril Laudet and his wife Julie are the eighth generation to run it. The spirit is distilled in the estate's 1923 wood-fired copper still and aged in Chêne Noir Gascon, 410-litre barrels of local oak whose thick grain adds tannin and spice. It is bottled brut de fût, with no added colour, unfiltered and at its natural strength. This release is entirely Baco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe at room temperature in a tulip glass and give it time to open. It works after a meal with dark chocolate, prunes or a mature hard cheese.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DiVino.com.au","offers":[{"title":"Armagnac \/ Gascony \/ Château Laballe","offer_id":44038333530171,"sku":"16635-700","price":307.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0823\/1483\/files\/chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-700ml-1985.png?v=1787581698"},{"product_id":"chateau-laballe-bas-armagnac-2500ml-1981","title":"Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 2500ml 1981","description":"\u003cp\u003eChâteau Laballe Bas Armagnac in the 2.5-litre format is a single-vintage Gascon brandy made entirely from Baco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe spirit of Gascony has been distilled in this corner of south-west France for at least seven centuries, well before Cognac was established in the Charente to the north. Château Laballe is at Parleboscq, between the Landes forest and the Gers river, in Bas Armagnac, and has belonged to the Laudet family since Jean-Dominique Laudet bought it in 1820; Cyril and Julie Laudet are the eighth generation. Distillation is in the estate's wood-fired copper still of 1923, and ageing takes place in Chêne Noir Gascon, 410-litre casks of oak from the neighbouring Landes, whose thick grain lends tannin and spice. No colour is added and the brandy is bottled brut de fût, unfiltered and at its natural strength. This is a large-format bottling of 2500ml.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe at room temperature in a tulip glass; the large format makes it a bottle for a long evening or a gift. 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All are Grande Champagne in origin, the innermost cru of the region, whose chalky soils give spirits that age slowly and hold their shape, and all three of the area's principal grapes are represented: Ugni Blanc, Colombard and Folle Blanche. The blend was aged for what the house calls more than two generations, meaning fifty years and beyond, in tierçons, the large old casks reserved for the most valuable spirits, within the family's Paradis cellar. Ageing of this length is what produces the smoky, nutty rancio character that marks very old Cognac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature in a tulip glass, after dinner. 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Maturation took place across cellars of differing humidity, a standard tool in Cognac for balancing evaporation against concentration: damp cellars soften a spirit over time, dry cellars build its intensity. 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