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SMWS A5.5: Chateau de Laubade

“Pitch dark fruit” · Past release, no longer on sale
Pitch dark fruit - SMWS A5.5Sold outFeb 2023
A5.5

Pitch dark fruit

SMWS regionBas Armagnac - Colombard
Age—
ABV55.9%
Caskrefill armagnac black oak barrel
SpiritArmagnac
Distillery from SMWS code A5
DistilleryChateau de Laubade
RegionFrance

In short · Chateau de Laubade (France).

“A gorgeous nose, dripping with dense rancio and things like chewing tobaccos, plum wine, bodega funk, orange blossom and then wee complexities like cinnamon liqueur and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£195View on SMWS

SMWS A5.5 is a single cask of Chateau de Laubade, in France, bottled at 55.9%, released in the Feb 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered A5.x is from Chateau de Laubade.

How the price compares
At £195, this bottle cost more than 4 of the 5 Chateau de Laubade bottlings of any age released in 2022 that we hold. They ranged from £60 to £200, with a median of £75.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Chateau de Laubade

At Sorbets in the Gers, the Château de Laubade was built in 1870 and sits within a single 105-hectare block of vines. The Lesgourgues family has run it since 1974, using only its own grapes, distilling each variety separately and coopering its own casks from Gascon oak. Rich, layered and elegant. Lesgourgues family's.

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