Château de Laubade 1995 – Bas-Armagnac

40% (barrel sample) The nose is elegant, racy, frank, precise, taut, and clean. It reveals notes of sweet tobacco, rancio, and dried orange zest combined with hints of cubeb pepper and a hint of dried lemon, along with subtle hints of vine peach and small fruits. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, precise, franc and offers juiciness, a tangy structure, minerality, a fine richness, roundness, precision, suppleness, a certain delicacy, and a fine elegant austerity. On the palate, this Armagnac expresses notes of dried kumquat, dried orange zest, crushed peach and small notes of dried apple combined with touches of vine peach, rancio, tobacco, an almost crème brûlée note, Zante currants and a fine hint of vanilla (in the background). Good length. A sweet/round/creamy side on the finish.