Domaine La Licorne
Bas Armagnac
1993
1993
Product customisation
Don't forget to save your customization to be able to add to cartSlightly orange color with golden highlights.
This 1993 eau-de-vie has an interesting nose of roasted hazelnut, mingled with floral aromas and subtle milky notes.
On the palate, the Armagnac is full of tension, with toasty notes that give way to a very dynamic finish.
Soil: "Sables Fauves" (a twenty-metre layer of clayey and very micaceous sand, rich in iron oxide). Numerous marine fossils dating back 12 million years can be found on the plots.
Climate: Warm temperate oceanic climate. Rainfall is abundant and evenly distributed throughout the year (900mm per year). There is plenty of sunshine (1,900 hours a year) and temperatures are mild (average monthly temperature between 5°C in winter and 20°C in summer).
Cultivation: High trellised vines. Single Guyot pruning by hand. Organic protection against fungal diseases (Bordeaux mixture). Deep tillage on all rows. Grass management under the rows by ridging and dethatching. Manual harvesting.
Wine-making: Horizontal press with trays. Fermentation by indigenous yeasts in underground concrete vats. Racking.
Distillation: Traditional Armagnac distillation in a copper still dating from the early 1960s. The column has twelve trays above a double boiler fuelled by natural gas. This still has a production capacity of 1,400 litres of pure alcohol per day.
Ageing: Aged in traditional 400-litre barrels (pièces armagnacaise made from pedunculate French oak). Aged in a dry cellar on a concrete floor.
Bottling: Gradual reduction with osmosed water over 6 months in the original cask to reach bottling strength. Light filtration at bottling. Manual bottling and labelling.
Data sheet
- Brand
- Domaine La Licorne
- AOC
- Bas Armagnac
- Département
- Gers (32)
- Année
- 1993
- Contenance
- 70 cl
- Titre
- 40,5
- Prix et récompenses
- yes
- Emballage
- Coffret Carton