Domaine de Baraillon Bas-Armagnac - ~37 Year Old, 1985/2022 , 43%

Domaine de Baraillon Bas-Armagnac

Domaine de Baraillon Bas-Armagnac - 37 Year Old, 1985, 43%

Type - Armagnac
Vintage- 1985
Bottled- 2022
Country- France
Age - 37 Year Old
Strength - 43% vol.
Content - 700ml

For reference, the same distillery's 1985 distillation had a previously released version that performed very well
2012 version in Whiskyfun- 92 pts
2018 version in Whiskyfun- 93 pts

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Online tasting note for reference

Nose- where does this fantastic meatiness come from? Liquorice, Spanish ham, Bull Dog sauce, honey-glazed spareribs, green walnuts, high-class-super-duper Manzanilla, cedar wood, old vinegars, furniture polish… And that thing that just always kills anything else in my book- olives. Impressive nose that reminds me of some wartime malt whiskies, Macallan, Mortlach…

Mouth- metalogical aged spirit, salty, meaty, sour, vinegary, tobacco-y, acetic… With old and fresh walnuts, raw chocolate, chen-pi, green coffee, pu-her, hoisin sauce… There’s clearly something Asian here. I suppose some brandy exegetes would state that this is a little flawed, but from a whisky drinker’s POV, I would certainly disagree.

Finish- rather long and pretty fermentary. More hoisin. Absent-minded quaffers would probably believe they just downed half a pint of amontillado.