Domaine du Hour 2000 – Bar-Armagnac

(47%. Bottled : 03/2024) Beautiful, elegant, powerful (but in control), distinguished, frank and precise nose which offers intensity as well as a nice definition. It reveals notes of dried kumquat, dried quince and small notes of dried zest associated with touches of juicy dates, dried apricot, dried mesocarps, fine hints of tobacco, dry local soil as well as a discreet hint of pepper, smoke and nutmeg. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers juiciness, gourmandise, a tangy structure, a lovely definition, a beautiful matter, a nice finesse, a crystalline side, a beautiful elegant texture as well as aromatic purity in its definition. On the palate this Armagnac expresses notes of juicy date, dried apricot and small notes of dried zest associated with touches of gray pepper, nutmeg, grilled almond as well as fine hints of smoke and a discreet grilled hint (in the bottom). Good length.