Chateau de Pellehaut 1983 Tenareze Armagnac

100% Folle Blanche. The chateau’s wine is distilled by Patrick Michalouski in one of his traveling column stills in November, exiting at 54% alcohol. Afterwards it goes into new 420-liter oak barrels fabricated by the region’s top cooper Gilles Bartholomo. Spirits are left to age at their natural strength without the addition of any water. Ténarèze spirits usually age better than those from the Bas-Armagnac. Pellehaut’s armagnacs defy this principle, however, namely because their Folle Banche is planted on sandier soils that help produce a round, supple spirit.  Importer Notes