{"title":"Born in 1996: Vintage Armagnac and Spirits","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 30th birthday is worth marking properly, and a bottle distilled in 1996 does it with the year printed on the label. Vintage Armagnac from 1996 has spent three decades in oak, the same span the birthday celebrates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVintages are single years and never blends, so a 1996 bottle is 1996 spirit alone. Each one is limited by its cask, and when that is empty the year is finished. If your year is not on this page, email \u003ca href=\"mailto:orders@liquorwinecave.com.au\"\u003eorders@liquorwinecave.com.au\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"delord-bas-armagnac-1996-40-700ml","title":"Delord 1996 Bas Armagnac 40% 700ml","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\r\n\r\nColour: Light amber with copper reflections.\r\n\r\nNose: Vanilla, spices (pepper) \u0026amp; cocoa\r\n\r\nPalate: Grilled notes (Coffee toast). Evolves into vanilla \u0026amp; cocoa. Light tannins in finale","brand":"Delord","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42548633862303,"sku":"DELO96","price":164.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/files\/delord-1996-bas-armagnac-40-700ml-558325.jpg?v=1712741389"},{"product_id":"darroze-grand-bas-armagnac-reston-1996-49-5-700ml","title":"Darroze Grand Bas Armagnac Reston 1996 49.5% 700ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eDarroze Domaine de Reston 1996 is a single-estate Bas Armagnac from the 1996 harvest, aged and bottled by Darroze at Roquefort in the Landes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Darroze model is unusual in Armagnac. Rather than distil, Francis Darroze bought spirit from small growers across the Bas Armagnac from the early 1970s and matured it in his own cellars, bottling each estate under its own name so the differences between them stayed visible. Marc Darroze took over in 1994 and continues the practice, shifting casks between drier and damper cellars as a wine is ready for it. The vintage bottlings go out with no additives and at cask strength, dated at bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eServe neat at room temperature. A tulip glass and a bit of time is all it asks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Francis Darroze","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45224146895007,"sku":"DAR1996RIESTON","price":298.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/files\/darroze-grand-bas-armagnac-reston-1996-495-700ml-198763-678091.jpg?v=1712912099"},{"product_id":"christian-drouin-1996-calvados-pays-dauge-42-700ml","title":"Christian Drouin 1996 Calvados Pays d'Auge 42% 700ml","description":"Christian Drouin's 1996 is a single-vintage Calvados Pays d'Auge, distilled in 1996 and bottled at 42%. Pays d'Auge is the most demanding of the calvados appellations: the cider must be distilled twice in a copper pot still, which gives a fuller, more complex spirit than single column distillation.\n\nThis vintage was matured in seasoned calvados casks and in former Banyuls casks, the sweet fortified red wine of Roussillon. Drouin describes a copper-amber colour and an evolved nose where almond, dried apricot and beeswax mingle, followed by a full, elegant palate with silky, refined tannins. The Drouin family has made calvados at Coudray-Rabut, next to Pont-l'Eveque in the heart of the Pays d'Auge, since 1960. Serve neat at room temperature in a tulip glass.","brand":"Christian Drouin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62875853160607,"sku":"LAURdrouin1996","price":353.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/2322\/1151\/files\/christian-drouin-1996-calvados-pays-dauge-42-700ml-8862037.jpg?v=1790672174"}],"url":"https:\/\/liquorwinecave.com.au\/collections\/born-in-1996.oembed","provider":"Liquor Wine Cave","version":"1.0","type":"link"}