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Tag Archives: France
Four Armagnacs from Alfred Dubois Lizee, bottled for Jack Tar
Jack Tar, the new-ish bottler of high-end spirits sent a bunch of samples over a while ago. I normally try to get around to samples like this fairly quickly, but in this case I wanted to make it a more … Continue reading
Posted in - Armagnac, Alfred Dubois Lizee
Tagged 1934, 1963, 1965, 1973, Alfred Dubois Lizee, Armagnac, France, Jack Tar, Veuve Goudoulin
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Ardbeg Traigh Bhan, Batch 1, 19yo, 2000-2019, 46.2%
Older Ardbeg isn’t exactly as rare as you’d expect it to be. And, compared to quite some other distilleries, it’s not even that ridiculously priced. Of course, it’s expensive, but at approximately 20 years old, they tend to clock in … Continue reading
Posted in Ardbeg
Tagged 2000, Ardbeg, Ardbeg Embassy, Bourbon Cask, France, Islay, Sherry Cask, Traigh Bhan
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Two brandies with Wu-Dram Clan involvement!
Recently the guys behind Wu-Dram Clan released an old Cognac. A Jean-Luc Pasquet, which has proven to be a rather noteworthy Cognac house that works really well for whisky fanatics. More or less at the same time they released an … Continue reading
French Brandy 28, 1993-2022, 47% – Michiel Wiman, Precious Moments
The Precious Moments series is one of many series that Michiel Wigman has running at the moment. At least, if some things turn out to be series. Anyway, ‘Precious Moments’ is and after last year’s (yet to be reviewed) Caroni, … Continue reading
Posted in - Cognac, - Other Spirits
Tagged 1993, Brandy, Cognac, Dutch Whisky Connection, France, Hans Dillesse, Michiel Wigman, Precious Moments
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On new whisky, and Chateau du Breuil
Chateau du Breuil is a rather well known distiller of Calvados. They’re known for their iconic bottles, but also for adding some pear to the apple brandy. A few years ago they made their foray into distilling whisky. I completely … Continue reading
Posted in - World Whisky, Chateau du Breuil, Le Breuil
Tagged Bourbon Cask, Chateau de Breuil, France, Le Breuil, Normandy, Sherry Cask
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Armagnac: Baron Gaston Legrand, 1995, 40% (and a wrap up)
The ninth and final Armagnac from the bottle share is another Bas Armagnac, like the Laballes and the Tariquet from a couple of days ago. I didn’t overly like those drinks, even though Bas Armagnac is supposedly the better terroir … Continue reading
Posted in - Armagnac, Chateau Laballe, Gaston Legrand, Saint Christeau, Tariquet
Tagged - Armagnac, 1995, Bas Armagnac, Bottle Share, France, Gaston Legrand
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Armagnac: Saint Christeau 1950 and 1938
The Saint Christeau Armagnac was varying from 1990 back to 1938. I initially planned to stretch that time span further, between 1995 and 1934. Unfortunately these two were not available anymore and I settled for the others. Whichever way you … Continue reading
Posted in - Armagnac, Saint Christeau
Tagged - Armagnac, 1938, 1950, Bottle Share, Distillerie Miclo, France, Saint Christeau
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Armagnac: Saint Christeau 1940 & 1987
The intention of the bottle share was to do only Armagnacs from the Saint Christeau brand, but as it turned out the shop had some stock issues and couldn’t deliver, or find, the bottles I ordered. Hence the switch to … Continue reading
Posted in - Armagnac, Distillerie Miclo, Saint Christeau
Tagged - Armagnac, 1940, Bottle Share, Distillerie Miclo, France, Saint Christeau
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