Armagnac

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Delord X.O.

Price $55

Enticing and complex, this velvety XO is one to savor. The countryside perfume of this 15-year-old brandy evokes notes of fresh flower, hay, fig and vanilla, with a crème brûlée flavor that fades away ever so gently. Hard wax cap. — K.N. (12/31/2012)

96-100

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Darroze 1965 Domaine de Peyrot Bas Armagnac

Price $290

Bouquet offers melded scents of wood, old fruit, marzipan and blue cheese. Palate entry is lusciously sweet; the midpalate finds succulent fruit, toasty oak, dark caramel and a touch of honey. Aftertaste is vibrant. A masterpiece. — P.P. (3/1/2006)

96-100

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Marquis de Montesquiou 1971 Bas Armagnac

Price $100

The bouquet offers subtle traces of minerals/shale, dried red fruits, and white raisins with deeper aromas of white chocolate, peanut butter, lemongrass, and wool. The alcohol, acidity, and fruit components merge seamlessly at palate entry; midpalate finds flavors of dried herbs, oaky vanillin, pork sausage, dark caramel, molasses, and hard cheese-like rancio… — P.P. (11/1/2005)

96-100

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Marquis de Montesquiou 1965 Bas Armagnac

Price $130

The aroma includes toasty notes of burnt match, broiled meat, roasted nuts with scents of old leather/cowhide, bacon, and sautéed butter. The palate entry has tastes of candied apple, caramel, and honey; at midpalate the taste expands to include mead, honey, mince pie, and molasses. Finishes up salty, oaky with a touch of mushroomy, intensely honeyed rancio. About… — P.P. (11/1/2005)

96-100

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Chabot Armagnac Vintage 1959

Price $325

The nosings pick up deep scents of old saddle leather, dark coffee, black cherry, pipe tobacco, bittersweet chocolate, plums and toffee. Palate entry is semisweet, coffee-like and concentrated; the midpalate offers decadent tastes of cocoa, marshmallow, sweet oak, and even the beginnings of rancio. Concludes stately and elegant. An Armagnac masterpiece. — P.P. (6/1/2005)

96-100

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Chabot Armagnac Vintage 1944

Price $870

Initial sniffings discover earthy/woodsy scents of maple syrup, pine nuts and forest floor; aeration reveals traces of hard cheese (rancio), oak resin, butter, grapes and sautéed almonds. Palate entry is rich, sweet and caramel-like; at midpalate the sweetness narrows, allowing bittersweet cocoa, oloroso Sherry, grapes and dark caramel to enter the mix. Finishes… — P.P. (6/1/2005)

96-100

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Darroze 1961 Domaine de Aux Ducs Bas Armagnac

Price $289

First sniffings discover assertive, intensely fruity aromas; offers a lovely, elegant bouquet that’s moderately sweet and fruit-forward. Tart at palate entry, with supplemental tastes of lead pencil and slate; buttery/fatty rancio is displayed within the flavors of bacon fat, honey, dark caramel and oloroso Sherry. Finish is long, fatty, resiny. A brandy that’s at… — P.P. (3/1/2003)

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Darroze 1968 Domaine de Rieston Bas Armagnac

Price $190

Bouquet has rancio written all over it, especially in the form of bacon fat/lard; other aromas include dried herbs, minerals, dark toffee, lanolin and moss. Semisweet tastes of cocoa butter and dark chocolate at entry; a concentrated, maple syrup, resiny, fatty flavor takes charge at midpalate. Aftertaste features brown sugar, old oak. Fires on all cylinders from… — P.P. (3/1/2003)

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