Ageing the Eau-de-vie

Armagnac comes off the still at around 52% ABV. It is casked at the same strength and typically bottled at between 40% and 48% ABV. In our opinion, Armagnac shouldn’t be too oaky and needs to have somehow “digested” its ageing in wood. It’s about the right balance, or more precisely about the harmony amongst a variety of flavours.

In our opinion, Armagnac shouldn’t be too oaky and needs to have somehow “digested” its ageing in wood. It’s about the right balance, or more precisely about the harmony amongst a variety of flavours.

— Eric Durand

You could describe it as creating a melody from the notes played by different instruments. Ageing in new barrels determines the rhythm and imparts colour and tannins to the distillate. The fragile aromas and intermediate tones develop only afterwards when interacting with oxygen during maturation in older barrels.

Start me up

Armagnac

It's only rock ’n’ roll

Just like rock ’n’ roll, Armagnac is an attitude about life: maladjusted, passionate, unashamed, and soulful at the same time. Brazenly resisting the passage of time, this spirit remains not only the oldest, but also arguably the most authentic in the world. Armagnac is a very distinctive and seductive brandy.

Savoir-Faire

Complicated

We might have no sympathy for the devil, but we’d rather live in the memory motel than in a yellow submarine. And as with any band, quality requires continuity. Since 1955, there have only been three maîtres de chai who have ensured that the house’s savoir-faire in the production of Armagnacs has been passed down from generation to generation.

Our House

Good times, bad times

The Société Produits d’Armagnac, home of Marquis de Montesquiou and Comte de Lauvia, was founded in 1936 by Pierre de Montesquiou, a politically ambitious Armagnac merchant and co-founder of the Confrérie des Mousquetaires de l’Armagnac.