Loubere Armagnac Vieilles Réserves

Loubere Armagnac Vieilles RéservesAlain Loubere makes a fabulous Armagnac in Labastide in the heart of the Bas Armagnac region of Gascony. In his youth he was a trialist for the French Rugby squad and also a participant in the local sport of cow fighting! He makes his Armagnac in a very tradtional way. Very full bouquet with lots of fruit. Rounded, silky and wonderfully long in the mouth with raisin fruit but still wonderfully fresh and lively. With an age of between 15 and 20 years

raspberry and cranberry

While it still retains its autolytic (yeast-like) character due to how it is made

Ruby red in the glass with a concentrated and fragrant bouquet of dark plums and blackberries

All their dreams

a small amount went into 225 litre French oak barrels for one year

tobacco leaf

herbal edge and subtle smoky notes

white peach

it is under the direction of two generations who work with a team of highly skilled winemakers to consistently produce wines ranking alongside the world’s finest

The wine was bottled unfined

The sedimentary soil has a galestro frame with clay accumulations dating to

but for the first time there's now the addition of 15% Chardonnay