Review by: The Auditor
Review #1391; Brandy #75
This Armagnac comes from the Dulhoste family farm and was distilled by Sabine Dulhoste. This was distilled from 100% Baco grapes, aged for 40 years in oak casks which were made from trees grown on the farm, and bottled with natural color, no additives, and no chill-filtration.
Distillery: Dulhoste Family Farm
Bottler: Amateur Spirit
Region: France
Still: N/A
ABV: 52.9%
Nose: Leather, Tobacco Leaf, Orange, Dark Chocolate, Nutmeg, Black Tea, Tannic
Palate: Medium Mouthfeel, Orange Peel, Dark Chocolate, Nutmeg, Black Tea, Allspice, Tannic and Tannic.
Finish: Leather, Toasted Nuts, black Pepper, Nutmeg, Allspices, Oak, Tannins, and look more tannins
Conclusion: For me, this is fine and is meant towards bigger oak fiends than I. I normally don’t find very well aged spirits exceptionally oak driven but this is the case here. It opened up quite nice but the more of it I drank the more that oak came out and just bashed me over the head with a 2×4, which really brought down a good spirit with interesting flavors. Fine for me, but others probably will enjoy it a lot more.
Final Score: 82
Scoring Legend:
- 95-100: As good as it gets. Jaw-dropping, eye-widening, unforgettable whisky.
- 90-94: Sublime, a personal favorite in its category.
- 85-89: Excellent, a standout dram.
- 80-84: Quite good. Quality stuff.
- 75-79: Decent whisky worth tasting.
- 70-74: Meh. It’s definitely drinkable, but it can do better.
- 60-69: Not so good. I might not turn down a glass if I needed a drink.
- 50-59: Save it for mixing.
- 0-49: Blech.
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