Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Six great Armagnacs to try
6
items Armagnac, a brandy from Gascony in south west France, offers incredible variety and value for money. If you love Cognac or single malt whisky, you must try some.
If you want to taste how different Cognac and Armagnac can be, then this is the place to start. A blend of three of the main varieties folle blanche, baco, and ugni blanc, this is massively flavoured.
Château du Tariquet Le Légendaire 70cl
Like getting into a 1920s Rolls Royce – furniture polish, leather and tobacco with sweeter notes like caramel and dried apricot. The palate is similarly opulent with layers of chocolate, dried fruit and oak.
Delord 25 Year Old Bas-Armagnac 70cl
Janneau is about the nearest thing you’ll get to a big brand in Armagnac. The VSOP is a great place to start offering a lot of flavour for the money.
Janneau VSOP 70cl
Baron de Sigognac VS competes with Janneau VSOP for my favourite mixing Armagnac but when you go up the scale from this producer then the magic really starts
Baron de Sigognac 10 Year Old 70cl
Marc Darroze is the Indiana Jones of Armagnac. He goes around the region looking for treasures which he bottles under single estate labels. But he also blends brandies as part of the Grand Assemblages range. This might seem like a lot for a 12-year-o...
Darroze Grands Assemblages 12 Year Old Bas-Armagnac 70cl
From a producer that dates back to 1934, It has flavours of menthol and tobacco with orange, peel, dark chocolate, toffee and leather. This is dry and full-bodied with a little wood tannin.
Sempé 18 Year Old Bas Armagnac 70cl