1930 Croix de Salles Armagnac

A 1930 vintage Armagnac from Croix de Salles, a house founded by Pascal Dartigalongue and still family-owned as of 2013, based in the Lacroutz vineyard at Salles d'Armagnac. It is an excellent example of old Bas-Armagnac. Red amber in colour, it has a very delicate and extremely floral nose with peonies, wallflowers, lilac, nectars, honeys, rosewood, cherry jam, viognier, fig wine, mead, tokay, mint and camphor. The palate is almost Calvados-like, with sour apples, damson spirit, vieille prune, chouchen, cocoa, black tobacco and overripe apples. The finish is medium, with roasted raisins and burnt brioche.