Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 700ml 2001

Château Laballe Bas Armagnac is a vintage Bas Armagnac from Gascony, bottled without added colour and at its natural strength.

Bas Armagnac, the western end of the region, is where the sandy soils and the traditional continuous still combine to produce brandy of aromatic lift rather than weight. 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.

Best taken neat as a digestif at room temperature, and a good match for dark chocolate, dried fruit or a strong washed-rind cheese.

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