As always, Castarède exceeds legal requirements: this time by a country mile. XO Armagnac has to be aged 10 years minimum - Castarède's is 20 years old. With a glorious, coppery topaz appearance, its intense, vibrant nose shows bags of character: raisins, marrons glacés, cigar box, sandalwood and prune. The full-bodied, harmonious palate shows notes of rancio (a quality achieved through very long barrel maturation), magnificent complexity and length. A fine, sipping Armagnac, that is up there with the world's foremost brandies.
Key Flavours
Dried Fruit
Spiced
Oak
Serve
Powerful and warming woody notes of dried fruits and mulled spices emerge on the nose. To taste, it is rich with glazed plum and toasted oak finishing on nutmeg and dried fruit that lingers beautifully.
Process
Castarède VSOP is a blend of 30% Colombard, 20% Folle Blanche and 50% Ugni Blanc Armagnac, aged for at least around 20 years (some 10 years more than the XO tag requires).
People
The Castarède family was ennobled in 1818, and two decades later established their distillery in 1832 (a few years before France was equipped with a railway). Today Florence Castarède is the sixth generation at the helm of the family operations.
Place
Castarède is the oldest trading House of Armagnac in France and owns one of the most important collections of Armagnac vintages. A French institution it was awarded "Living Heritage Company" status (Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant).
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Product Specification
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ColourN/A
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CountryFrance
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RegionArmagnac
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ClosureNatural Cork
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SKU023564NV
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Alcohol %40%
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Unit Volume70cl
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VeganYes
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VegetarianYes