{"title":"Born in 1971: Vintage Armagnac and Spirits","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 1971 vintage marks the year of distillation, so it lines up exactly with a 55th birthday in 2026. Vintage Armagnac tends to suit people who are hard to buy for, since the appeal is the year rather than the packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVintage means a single year in the bottle, not a blend assembled to a house style. Cask stocks run out, and when they do that year is no longer available. Email \u003ca href=\"mailto:orders@liquorwinecave.com.au\"\u003eorders@liquorwinecave.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e to ask about a year that is not shown.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"castarede-1971-bas-armagnac-40-700ml","title":"Castarede 1971 Bas Armagnac 40% 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eCastarède is a family armagnac house founded in 1832, and this is its Bas Armagnac from the 1971 harvest. It aged in oak casks right up to bottling, with the bottling date noted on the back label, and the house records 49 years in oak for this vintage. It is bottled at 40% and comes in its presentation case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose.\u003c\/strong\u003e Deep and rich, with candied fruit, groundnut and almond, and a strong thread of orange peel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalate.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rich and powerful, a touch warm, full of character and very long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCastarède suggests it after dinner. For other vintages, browse our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/liquorwinecave.com.au\/collections\/armagnac\"\u003earmagnac collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Castarede","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42548588019871,"sku":"CAS71","price":535.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/files\/castarede-1971-bas-armagnac-40-700ml-885976.jpg?v=1712806028"},{"product_id":"darroze-1971-gaube-gba-42-2-200ml","title":"Darroze 1971 Gaube Grand Bas Armagnac 42.2% 200ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis single vintage Bas-Armagnac is from Darroze's Collection Unique: a 1971 from Château de Gaube at Perquie, made from 100% Baco, which spent 47 years in oak before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting.\u003c\/strong\u003e Darroze describes a gold colour with dark brown glints, and a nose that still rises strongly from the glass and seems young despite its great age, with notes of acacia alongside prune and cinnamon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt Gaube the Morel family grows Baco on fawn coloured sandy soils and distils its own spirit, by continuous distillation to no more than 52%, then ages it in casks made from local oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 200ml bottle is a practical way to taste a vintage from the early 1970s. Explore other years and houses in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/liquorwinecave.com.au\/collections\/armagnac\"\u003earmagnac collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Francis Darroze","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42548596015263,"sku":"DAR1971GAUBE200ml","price":176.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/files\/Darroze1971GaubeGrandBasArmagnac42.2_200ml-242386.jpg?v=1714556264"},{"product_id":"darroze-1971-la-poste-tenareze-armagnac-46-700ml","title":"Darroze 1971 La Poste-Tenareze Armagnac 46% 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1971 DOMAINE DE LA POSTE à Condom Armagnac Ténarèze Francis Darroze (Honey, wax, ginger bread, confit fruit, toast ) 100% Ugni Blanc 46% 700ml\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Francis Darroze","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46696848195743,"sku":"DAR1971LAPOSTE","price":587.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/files\/darroze-1971-la-poste-tenareze-armagnac-46-700ml-291795-174178.jpg?v=1726907113"}],"url":"https:\/\/liquorwinecave.com.au\/collections\/born-in-1971.oembed","provider":"Liquor Wine Cave","version":"1.0","type":"link"}