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1996 Domaine de Monturon Armagnac, Darroze (Gift Box)

1996 Domaine de Monturon Armagnac, Darroze (Gift Box)

Bas-Armagnac, Gascony, France

The Walnut Casket

Inviting and quietly luxurious, this vintage Monturon opens with candied fruit and rich fruitcake, threaded with warming spice and vanilla. As the aromas unfold, walnut, soft leather and blond tobacco introduce a more savoury dimension. The impression is generous yet finely detailed, with fruit and oak drawn together into a bouquet that encourages you to linger.

The palate is smooth and velvety, carrying its mature flavours with an elegant, measured warmth. Candied fruit gives the centre a rounded richness, while walnut and tobacco bring definition to the finish, leaving a delicate trail of vanilla and spice. Its appeal lies in that combination of comfort and complexity, making it a rewarding bottle to share with someone who appreciates distinctive, mature spirits. Ready to enjoy now, it is best approached slowly, allowing the flavours to develop in the glass.

For when: A year worth remembering deserves a bottle with its name on it.

Pairs with: Walnut and maple tart, traditional fruitcake, vanilla crème brûlée, baked figs with mascarpone, dark chocolate truffles or aged Mimolette.

Domaine de Monturon is a tiny, 1.1-hectare property in Le Bourdalat, within Bas-Armagnac. This 1996 belongs to Darroze’s Collection Unique, which preserves the identity of individual estates and vintages. Presented in a gift box, it offers a particularly personal way to mark a birth year, anniversary or other meaningful occasion.

£148.00 - £148.00
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Darroze’s story began with the gastronomic traditions of Jean Darroze’s restaurant in Villeneuve-de-Marsan. His son Francis developed a fascination with the eaux-de-vie of Gascony, travelling through Bas-Armagnac from the late 1960s to discover small estates and select distinctive spirits for maturation and bottling.
The house now draws on around thirty estates, with cellars in Roquefort and Labastide-d’Armagnac. Bas-Armagnac’s varied sandy soils provide a range of individual characters, giving the family an extensive collection to nurture. Domaine de Monturon contributes its own expression of this landscape through a particularly small vineyard.
Marc Darroze continues his father’s commitment to traceable origins and careful ageing. Collection Unique is central to that philosophy: each bottling retains its estate and vintage identity, without blending across properties or years. The spirit is bottled without dilution, preserving the concentration and character developed in cask.

Made entirely from Baco, this Armagnac originates from Monturon’s small vineyard on the sandy, iron-rich soils known locally as sables fauves. The grapes were pressed and fermented dry to produce a fresh, acidic base wine intended for distillation.
Following distillation, the eau-de-vie began its maturation in new oak before transfer to older barrels. This progression developed structure while moderating further wood extraction, allowing the fruit character to remain expressive.
Maturation continued in cool, humid cellars, where gradual evaporation helped shape its concentration and aromatic complexity. Bottled at its natural cask strength of 43%, this release preserves the identity of the 1996 vintage. Its precise age depends on the bottling date rather than the current calendar year.
Alcohol: 43%. Bottle size: 70cl. Cask strength. Vegan.

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