Bas Armagnac VSOP 40 % TARIQUET 70cl

€67.80

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Domaine Tariquet
VSOP
Grape variety(ies) :
Ugni-blanc 60% Baco 40%.
Characteristics :
The youngest of the eaux-de-vie making up this blend of typical Bas-Armagnac grape varieties has been aged in our cellars in oak barrels for a minimum of 7 years.
a minimum of 7 years
Tasting notes :
Very Superior Old Pale - VSOP
Beautiful amber colour. Powerful nose of prunes, lots of richness and concentration, warm bread aroma with a touch of toast and gingerbread. On aeration, superb aromas of
baker's oven, rancio and candied fruit appear. The palate is smooth, round, almost excessive, no sensation of alcohol, the wood is there: beautiful and vanilla. The finish is
full-bodied
with a return of macerated stone fruits.

The cigar alliance
by Yves Belaubre

Tariquet VSOP Flor de Copán Línea Puros, Churchill
Perhaps the most woody of Tariquet's Bas Armagnac, the VSOP offers a first fiery but not aggressive nose of toasted oak, orange jam, and slightly vanilla prune.
vanilla. On aeration, deep scents of rancio, pear skin and toast enchant. The delicacy of the toasting of the oak woods in which
Tariquet eaux de vie age and embellish in patience, is superbly translated by this woody harmony which marks the mouth with a slightly resinous and vanilla
and vanilla flavour. On the elegantly warm finish, the woody sensations become more toasted, almost bitter almond, on a background of honeyed resin that
The length of the palate unfolds, awakening greedy gingerbread sensations.

Created in 2003, Flor de Copan's Linea Puros range now includes
four vitolas, all made from 100% Honduran tobacco. From the ancient Mayan region of Copan (northern Honduras), famous for its light, smooth and gently
The Linea Puros offers a spicy and roasted interpretation of the ancient Maya region of Copan (northern Honduras), famous for its light, smooth and slightly liquorice
tobaccos. The Churchill has a velvety, even brioche-like smoke, with roasted and woody aromas and beautiful nuances of bark, moss and nuts, enhanced by hints of nutmeg
and white pepper and more acidic touches of cardamom.

The meeting of the VSOP and the Churchill Linea Puros also offers lovers a superb variation in taste around the woody expression - soft forest bitterness - and similar
almost brioche-like textures. The intense smoke, quite dense but not very fatty, awakens
The intense smoke, fairly dense but not very fatty, awakens honeyed impressions at the attack of the Tariquet, the acidulous spices (cardamom, nutmeg) of the smoke
bouncing off the fruity bitterness (orange peel) of the Armagnac.
of the Armagnac.
As the brandy rises, the Linea Puros smoke makes its spices (nutmeg, cardamom) resonate on the finely wooded vivacity of the Tariquet before melting on the long palate
into the tones of roasted bark, roasted nuts and liquorice (gingerbread) that characterise this alliance.
From resinous honey to walnut, from vanilla woodiness to cardamom, from roasted bark to liquorice, the accord carries the spicy flag of the forests. The bittersweet notes on
the finish are tinged with gingerbread smoke, and caramelised walnut the fruity wood of this
Traditional blended Armagnac, aged for 8 years.
To the Mousse, gingerbread, raw walnut. Toasted woody start, nuts, grey and white pepper. Slightly salty smoke, acidic touch not greasy, light roasted wood with nutmeg
spice and rising cardamom note, the churchill echoes its spices on the palate marked by more intensely roasted wood and reveals roasted nut flavours in the rancio of the
brandy.
On the attack, the smoke goes into the roasted nuts, exalting the woodiness of the VSOP.
On the long finish, the spices are enhanced (almost cardamom on the Linea, cinnamon and white pepper on the Larc).
The smoke enhances the gingerbread nuances of the VSOP.
The acidity of the smoke rebounds in the orange peel side of the VSOP.
The bitterness is enhanced on the finish (bitter almond and liquorice): a delicate roasted woody fusion.
ARM TARIQUE VSOP
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