Once considered the poor man’s Cognac, brandy from the Armagnac region of France is enjoying something of a rebirth in the modern market.
First distilled a full two hundred years before the development of the double-distillation process famous for producing its better-known Northern nephew, the spirit has never suffered from the over-commercialisation process so common in the second half of the twentieth Century. As such, the vast majority of Armagnac today is still lovingly produced by artisan growers in small batches. And in these days of mass-production and global distribution, “small batch” production is becoming synonymous with quality.
Nowadays aged Armagnac is actually considered by many connoisseurs to be a better, more rounded, more consistent product than Cognac. And with the secret of its quality hidden in plain sight, you get a lot more for your money. Not bad for a tipple once derided as “simple peasants’ drink”.
McTear’s is currently accepting submissions of brandy, wine, fortifieds and cigars for their Christmas auction on 13th December.
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