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Château d’Arton
Chateau d’Arton La Reserve
Armagnac from Armagnac, France
SKU: 000019-FR14016
Alcohol Volume: 45%
$223.00 $189.00
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Tasting Note
The nose immediately surprises considering the young age of the spirit. Initially bold with heavy raisin and dried floral notes, there’s complexity beneath the more obvious elements, running to roasted walnuts and almonds, plus a hint of saline. The palate is quite racy and a little hot at first, but it works with all the bold flavors in effect. Punchy with notes of citrus, bay leaf, and a well-spiced layer of raisins, it’s backed up by an ample amount of wood that complements the sweeter characteristics but never overwhelms the experience. The finish finds room for a light mint note and some lingering barrel char elements, with notes of dark chocolate clinging to the tongue late in the game. It’s big and complex and a little in your face, but there’s plenty to love here.
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Lili de Montal, Director of Château Arton
Lili Chieng de Montal, a Parisian of Chinese origin, has long been converted to the Arton art of living and intends to translate the passion for taste, to the aesthetic of Arton. The young generation of the Montal family defends an innovative vision: Armagnac is not a brandy. It retains the life of the wine from which it is distilled.
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Château d’Arton
Chateau d’Arton is one of the last few producers of Haut Armagnac. Haut or high, meaning higher ground, is the area where the Armagnac producers were mostly congregated pre-phylloxera, the devastation caused by pest infestation that wiped off the large scale of vines during 1863-1889. Today the producers of Haut Armagnac constituted only 3% of all three terriors producers. Victoire de Montesquiou and Patrick de Montal were among those few determined to bring back the glory of Haut Armagnac. And they did it from the ground up when they acquired Chateau d’Arton in 1981. The estate itself can be traced back to the Roman time as an ancient Roman coin bearing a portrait of Emperor Antonin the pious was found on the ground. There was a pre-historic cave that is now used to store oak casks for Aging. About 70 hectares of rolling hills are all alive with vineyards and fruit orchards. Chateau d’Arton products are only from its own estate. The Armagnac and wines are made from the vines cultivated and harvested on their ground and the production volume is quite limited. Their yield is only around 20 Gascon casks of Armagnac annually.
