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1257 Kensington Road NW
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Producer Note
"Armagnac Sponge Edition 2 is a 49 year old, 1972 vintage Bas Armagnac. Composed of an equal parts mix of two sibling casks and bottled at natural cask strength of 42.9%. This is essentially a luscious old Armagnac cosplaying as a 1972 Glen Grant. Obscenely bloated with honeys, honeycomb, pollens, flower nectars, sweet fruit cordials and elegant rancio. It is illegally delicious and will induce socially awkward states of pleasure. You will hate it so please don't buy any."
Sounds like an Armagnac for whisky lovers (but aren't they all?). 42.9%
700ml mlProducer Tasting Note
“Nose: beautifully honeyed and fresh. Like nosing the best of the 1972 Glen Grants and Caperdonichs. Honeycomb, beeswax, golden sultanas and menthol fir woods. This darker toned, rustic rancio quality in the background brings you right back to classic Armagnac! Palate: perfect age, perfect strength and perfect freshness. Not at all tired, just wonderfully fruity, honeyed, naturally sweet full of subtle earthy and tobacco notes. Finish: surprisingly long and still dominated by crystalised fruits, many shades of honey, soft waxes and earths.”
$599.99
Producer Note
"Cognac Sponge Edition No.6 is a Heritage.72 Grande Champagne cognac, one of 180 bottles from a single cask at natural cask strength of 50.2%. If our 1972 Armagnac could be equated to an old Glen Grant, this rather more subtle, fine-boned and complex old Grande Champagne Cognac of similar pedigree could be said to resemble a venerable aged Linkwood or Strathisla. Anyway, all you whisky hoarding grainiacs should stop messing about with whisky (except our bottlings, naturally) and give these Cognacs a spin! Dried fruits, earths, tobacco and rancio with a slender drizzle of honey over the top - there are abundant pleasures to be had with these old spirits."
50.2%
$759.99
Distilled in 1966, this Bas Armagnac from Chateau de Gaube is made from 100% Baco. Bottled at 43.5%.
About the Producer
"The Morel family is originally from Switzerland, more precisely from the canton of Vaux near Lausanne. From 1956, the first distillations gave fine, distinguished and elegant Armagnacs. Monsieur Morel selects oak trees to build large vats in which the property's Armagnacs will age for 40 years and more. The Baco grape variety is preferred and after years gives breathtaking results."
