{"title":"Born in 1973: Vintage Armagnac and Spirits","description":"\u003cp\u003eBottles from 1973, still available. A 1973 vintage Armagnac is one of the few gifts you can buy that was actually made in the year somebody was born, and it has been in barrel ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVintages are single years, not blends, and once a cask is gone it is gone. If the year you want is not here, email \u003ca href=\"mailto:orders@liquorwinecave.com.au\"\u003eorders@liquorwinecave.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e and we will tell you what we can find.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"darroze-1973-la-poste-47-8-700ml","title":"Darroze 1973 La Poste Armagnac 47.8% 700ml","description":"Amber color, intense. Nose of Armagnac of great terroir, with aromas of chocolate, coffee, leather, honey, licorice. Extraordinary complexity, intensity and finesse. In the mouth, the tannins are present, dense. We feel again these flavors of roasting, leather and rancio. Beautiful length.","brand":"Francis Darroze","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42548595654815,"sku":"DAR1973LAPOSTE","price":564.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/files\/darroze-1973-la-poste-armagnac-478-700ml-267923.jpg?v=1712806411"},{"product_id":"grosperrin-cognac-de-collection-1973-aged-36yrs-petite-champagne-48-5-700ml","title":"Grosperrin 'Cognac De Collection' 1973 Petite Champagne 48.5% 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 1973 Petite Champagne from Grosperrin, bottled at 48.5%, comes with an unusual story. It came from a family of notaries settled in Cognac for generations. The father bought the lot in January 1974 from a client who was then president of one of the major cognac houses, so it began life in that house's distillery and cellars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he died, his widow and son could not agree on the estate, and the succession stalled for many years until Grosperrin offered a way through. Held under State control from 25 January 1974 in an old, very damp cellar on the banks of the Charente, a building that is now the Cognac Museum, it is what the house calls a truly \"sentimental\" cognac.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting.\u003c\/strong\u003e Old gold, almost amber. The nose is gourmand, with ripe quetsche and mirabelle plums, cardamom, turmeric and black pepper, warm cedar and sandalwood, all wrapped in the rancio of a cognac near its peak. On the palate the fruit returns as ripe plum, prune and cinnamon chocolate, with nutmeg and tobacco spice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover more rare vintages in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/liquorwinecave.com.au\/collections\/cognac\"\u003ecognac collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jean Grosperrin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42548629962911,"sku":"GROS73PC700ml","price":786.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/products\/grosperrin-cognac-de-collection-1973-petite-champagne-485-700ml-999871.jpg?v=1710900220"},{"product_id":"delo73","title":"Delord 1973 Bas Armagnac 40% 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eDelord's 1973 is a Bas Armagnac distilled from a single year's harvest by the Delord family at Lannepax. The house bottles its vintage armagnacs at 40%, and while each year has its own personality, they share the aromatic richness that comes with age. The oldest of them are kept in glass demijohns, away from the light, in a cellar room the family calls Paradise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColour.\u003c\/strong\u003e Light amber, with glints of old copper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose.\u003c\/strong\u003e Full, rich and fruity, with blond tobacco, citrus and liquorice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalate.\u003c\/strong\u003e A supple start and a balanced, melted tannic structure carrying citrus and spice. It lingers well and leaves an impression of roundness and softness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelord suggests taking its older armagnacs on their own, or with a chocolate dessert or a tangy Arabica coffee. Other years are in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/liquorwinecave.com.au\/collections\/armagnac-delord-the-vintage-collection\"\u003eDelord vintage collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Delord","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42783775162527,"sku":"DELO73box","price":350.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/products\/delord-1973-bas-armagnac-40-700ml-246403.jpg?v=1709282027"},{"product_id":"christian-drouin-calvados-1973-pays-dauge-42-700ml","title":"Christian Drouin Calvados 1973 Pays D'Auge 42% 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristian Drouin distilled this Calvados Pays d'Auge in 1973, and the house describes it as kept to this day in oak casks that have held nothing but Calvados and cider. Those casks are regularly refreshed with cider. Press comments reproduced by Drouin refer to it as Coeur de Lion 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation.\u003c\/strong\u003e The rules of the Pays d'Auge appellation require a pot still, whereas most other Calvados is made in a column still.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow it tastes.\u003c\/strong\u003e A review from the Nouvel Economiste (1999), reproduced on Drouin's page, describes fine, light oak that stands back and lets the fruit speak: cooked apple with vanilla, a touch of pepper, then a smooth, silky palate that stays fresh despite its maturity. The writer Michael Jackson, in the Observer Magazine in 2002, found ripe fruit and apple blossom on the nose and palate, and a nutty, autumnal finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee the rest of the house range in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/liquorwinecave.com.au\/collections\/christian-drouin\"\u003eChristian Drouin collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christian Drouin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44685843923103,"sku":"LAURdrouin1973","price":1103.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/products\/christian-drouin-calvados-1973-pays-dauge-42-700ml-349482-250176.jpg?v=1709032667"},{"product_id":"chateau-de-laubade-vintage-1973-bas-armagnac-40-700ml","title":"Chateau de Laubade Vintage 1973 Bas Armagnac 40% 700ML","description":"\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMINIMUM ORDER \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVintages available from 1972 to 1888. You can call us to order a specific vintage. Bottling on demand to guaranty the best quality possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHISTORY\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChâteau de Laubade was built in 1870 in the heart of the noblest area of the AOC Bas Armagnac and is today the premier Armagnac property.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eToday, the third generation is actively involved in the quest of excellence of the property, composed of 105 hectares of single vineyard, to make Château de Laubade an undisputed reference among the Armagnac category.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVINEYARD\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e105 hectares of single vineyard in Bas Armagnac. Four traditional grape varieties: Ugni-Blanc, Folle Blanche, Colombard and Baco (the most emblematic). 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