Château Laballe Bas Armagnac 700ml 2002

Château Laballe Bas Armagnac is a vintage-dated Bas Armagnac drawn from a single barrel and bottled at cask strength.

The Bas Armagnac zone, west of Auch in Gascony, is prized for the way its sandy soils translate into eaux-de-vie of texture and finesse. 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. This bottling is 100 per cent Ugni Blanc from Pièce n°A1-6.

Serve neat at room temperature after dinner, in a tulip glass; it suits dark chocolate, roasted nuts or a hard mountain cheese.

*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. If you are after a specific vintage, please contact us prior to ordering.