1930 Croix de Salles Armagnac 1977 baron de lustrac folle blanche bas armagnac

1930 Croix de Salles Armagnac 1977 baron de lustrac folle blanche bas armagnacA 1930 vintage Armagnac from Croix de Salles, a house founded by Pascal Dartigalongue and still owned by the family as of 2013. They are based in a vineyard named "Lacroutz" in the town of Salles d'Armagnac in the heart of the region. This is an excellent example of old Bas Armagnac. Imagine, 1930. Colour: Red amber. Nose: Very delicate and extremely floral. Peonies, wallflowers, lilac, nectars and honeys I believe this is rather sublime and that

With water: … Fir wood and needles

with lots of sweet and bitter orange notes exploding out of the glass

over 30 years ago

placing it on the tongue and leaving it there until it melts in the mouth

orange liqueur and liquorice

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honey-coated nuts

because the spirit is relatively austere

acacia honey

An old circa 1960's Milton-Duff Speyside single malt with the Glenlivet name used as was common for many distilleries back before Glenlivet finally put a stop to every distillery from within 100 mile radius jumping on the popularity of The Glenlivet malt

Jane Austen and Baudelaire

and would unfold on smoked meat