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Domaine de Baraillon 1933
Bas-Armagnac
Domaine de Baraillon 1933
Bas-Armagnac
Distillery / brand | Domaine de Baraillon |
Country | France |
Region | Bas-Armagnac |
Content Size | 0.7 liter |
Alc/vol | 41% |
Distilled | 1933 |
Bottled | 24-02-2022 |
Domaine de Baraillon 1933
Tasting note
Nose
What an honour to taste this. Distilled almost 100 years ago and now in the glass for the first time. Lively is the first thing we mention, because we did not expect this. Deliciously sweet dried fruits and fine spices, followed by subtly fresh apricots and nectarines, grapes and pears. Orange blossom and lavender add a floral note. The wood is almost forgotten, as this is so subtle but provides the perfect balance.
Taste
Warm caramel sauce on melting creamy vanilla ice cream. Plum tart with dates and figs. Apples, pears, pomegranate and such a lovely sweet-sour-bitter balance. Unrivalled. You taste age, but we certainly wouldn't dare call this old. We think of a turtle becoming a father for the first time at the age of 85. Old but full of life.
The distillery
The Domaine de Baraillon is located just outside Lannemaignan in the Bas-Armagnac. The pretty little estate is surrounded by sunflower, maize and wheat fields and, of course, vineyards. Driving past the Domaine, you wouldn't even know that Armagnac is produced here, were it not for a large barrel on the side of the road with their name written on it.
Claverie's Armagnacs are a combination of two properties: 4 hectares owned by Patriach Paul's sister in Le Freche and 12 hectares around his house. All vineyards are full of the three major grape varieties, Baco, Colombard and Ugni Blanc. Until 2012 they used the Loubere distillery in Labastide d'Armagnac, but in 2012 they bought their own stills in which they now turn their wines into spirits. The fresh eau de vie normally goes into 5,000-litre casks before being transferred to smaller barrels. Both new and old barrels are used for this purpose. The barrels are regularly aerated to promote oxidation. The oldest stocks date back to the late 19th century and it occasionally seems as if time has stood still at Domaine de Baraillon. Tradition and quality are therefore highly valued by the family.