Armagnac Gimet

Gimet Armagnac 1973 - 43 Years - 56.8% -70cl

Gimet Armagnac 1973 Cask No. RV 13/02 is made from white wine grapes distilled in traditional Armagnac copper stills that are nearly a hundred years old. Aged in sweet wine cask, non blended, bottled at cask strength from a single barrel, non-chill filtered, with numbered bottles. Only 288 bottles were released in 20016.

Tasting notes

Color

Dark amber

Aroma

Dried fruit, toffee and tobacco

Taste

The 1973 vintage has intense flavours of. Add few drops of water to allow the spirit open up and release oaky and buttery flavours. Serving Suggestion: In general Armagnac should air out for at least one hour before tasting. Armagnac Gimet comes with a vacuum pipette, add few drops of water and serve at room temperature.

Finish

The finish is long with a wood background.

Gimet Distillery
Gimet is an independently owned distillery located in the Cazeneuve village in Armagnac that has been producing brandies and aperitifs of exceptional quality since 1929. Founded by Clémence Gimet, and run today by Nicolas Sinoquet from Château Gruaud Larose in Bordeaux who continues the work of excellence done by his predecessors.

Gimet distillery implements innovative and traditional methods, using the original old copper stills that are almost a hundred years old. Gravity Bottling: method to not to rush the product at its bottling. This process is used for the bottling of the best wines of Bordeaux, including Gruaud Larose.

Most of the work is still done by hand in order to ensure excellence and to meet the requirements of the most demanding connoisseurs.

Armagnac is the oldest type of brandy dating back to the 14th century, to be produced in Southwest France in the Gascony region, and it is obtained from the distillation of white wine that is then matured in oak barrels.

The grapes come from three Armagnac terroirs: Bas-Armagnac, the western part, where the vines grow on acidic silica clay soils known as tawny sands, this area produces a light, fruity and delicate wines. Armagnac Ténarèze, the center part and transition zone with different types of soils and Le Haut-Armagnac in the eastern and southern part.

Grapes are harvested in September, yielding a wine with low alcohol strength of 8 % - 10% volume, no sulfur is added. Then is double matured: the first maturation in oak barrels from the Gascony or the Limousine forest and the second maturation is in sweet wine cask which give its smooth and mellow character.