The Oldest Spirit We've Tried!!! - Armagnac from 1964 & 1963!

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  • The Oldest Spirit We've Tried!!! - Armagnac from 1964 & 1963!
    What a treat it is to try such old spirits and Armagnac rather than whisky for a change! And as per usual we had different favourites!
    Do you enjoy an Armagnac? Or do you prefer a Cognac? What the oldest spirit you have tried? Let us know in the comments!
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  • @bdwilcox
    @bdwilcox Год назад +6

    Whereas Scotch was first made by all those unrelated Scottish fellows named Glen, I'm glad to see the French Hayek family still makes all these grape spirits, notably Armond Hayek, Connie Hayek and their daughter Brandy (who's a fine girl, what a good wife she would be, her eyes could steal a sailor from the sea).

    • @paulm749
      @paulm749 Год назад +2

      🤣 I love bad puns!

  • @sproggitsdadsgarage8525
    @sproggitsdadsgarage8525 Год назад +1

    I'm loving the banter having recently discovered you lovely ladies after watching Ralfy 'pineapple and mint' reviews and now appreciating 'old swimming floats, musty lofts and jobbie' reviews 🤔
    Rachel snorting Armagnac as soon as Jen said it smells of glue has got to be one of the funniest moments, thanks for making me smile ☺

  • @TheBensta96
    @TheBensta96 Год назад +2

    Big brandy drinker trying to cone back to scotch after a few years hiatus. De Gaube is well known to make some excellent old Armagnacs. Oldest thing I've had was a 1924 cognac bottled by Grosperrin. Amazingly it had spent 97 years in oak and wasn't the slightest bit over oaked. Fantastic.

  • @andrewbutler7681
    @andrewbutler7681 Год назад +6

    One of the problems with buying 'birth year bottles' for an old codger like me is the price and Armagnac is (so far) quite good with that. Now I do have a Canadian whisky with a 1961 label, but their regulations are a bit 'casual' and it wasn't much less than the cheaper of the 2 Armagnacs I've got from that year. Of course the 1961 Highland Park - The Dragon was about four times as much as those three combined... In between pricewise I do have a North British 50-year-old single grain from 1962 (though only a 200ml bottle) and an unspecified 1963 single malt from Gordon & Macphail. For anything older, I've had to rely on specialist whisky shows or bars like Dornoch Castle Hotel.

    • @bdwilcox
      @bdwilcox Год назад +3

      The main problem with that old, 1961 Canadian whiskey is that it's Canadian whiskey. Zing!

    • @TheGrailTastings
      @TheGrailTastings  Год назад +2

      Yeah absolutely RE price of birth year whiskies which are going up in price quickly!! Can imagine that North British and Highland Park are delicious though!

  • @darkoanton5
    @darkoanton5 Год назад +1

    I had a bottle of 1967 (received in 1997) Armagnac. It was excellent. I recently purchased two bottles of 1991 Armagnac (probably 30 year old). I should probably try that one. If Armagnac the most affordable of the aged spirits followed by rum.

  • @ConcaCon
    @ConcaCon Год назад +4

    I remember once tasting rum from the 70s and I was utterly blown away by the richness and complexity of the different flavors. It really is a privileged experience to taste such old spirits. I hope to acquire a birth year bottle of whisky someday, although every year it gets more prohibitive.

  • @timpowles7514
    @timpowles7514 Год назад +3

    Haha Rachael the spirits sniffer!! 😜Great fun as usual ladies.. Cheers..

  • @Roopaloooop
    @Roopaloooop Год назад +1

    I could listen to you ladies do a tap water tasting. Great channel.

  • @anthonysillett6678
    @anthonysillett6678 Год назад +3

    I bought a Baron de Lustrac 1968, Vintage Armagnac about 2 years ago for under £200 there is a lot of bang for your buck with these.

  • @RaduB.
    @RaduB. Год назад +1

    I've never tried Armagnac...
    I've heard the French use it mainly for cooking. 😶
    One 15 yo brandy from Jarnac was incredible though! 🙂
    Unforgettable!

  • @gavsdrams
    @gavsdrams Год назад +3

    1964 1 was nine No cheeky comments

  • @robertrea8194
    @robertrea8194 Год назад +3

    "You've poured it up your nostrils." A new tasting technique! Great video!!

  • @paulm749
    @paulm749 Год назад +1

    I'm sipping a 25-year-old Delord Bas Armagnac while watching this video, and getting a lot of the same flavor and aroma sensations, except that this Delord tastes more of pear instead of apple. Really good stuff and only $69.00 for the bottle, which is pretty phenomenal for a spirit of its age. The other thing is the strength of flavors it provides at an ABV of 40% - I've never had a Scotch that tasted so robust at 40%. I'm not really into brandies, but this makes me want to explore this type of spirit a bit more.

    • @TheBensta96
      @TheBensta96 Год назад +1

      It's likely because Delord adds sugar to it. Also it is likely less reduced than most scotch. Still strength on most Armagnac is 48-52% because it's most often single distilled. Cask strength on the 25yr is probably fairly close to 40abv, certainly closer than most cask strength scotch.

    • @paulm749
      @paulm749 Год назад +1

      @@TheBensta96 I really doubt they added any sugar to this batch. It starts out with just the faintest hint of sweetness, then finishes pretty dry. The finish is quite long too.

    • @TheGrailTastings
      @TheGrailTastings  9 месяцев назад +1

      Sounds tasty!

  • @ninetyZeven
    @ninetyZeven Год назад +5

    What distillery was this?

    • @TheGrailTastings
      @TheGrailTastings  Год назад +1

      Here's a link to the 1963 bottle - decadent-drinks.com/shop/nas-no3-58-year-old-bas-armagnac
      And for the 1964 here's some more info, this sample was dropped in by a friend so we've not seen the actual bottle!
      Armagnac 1964 "La Hauresse" Sarl de Gerault Pandelais 47170 Lannes

    • @ninetyZeven
      @ninetyZeven Год назад +1

      @@TheGrailTastings I see. Thank you 4 the infos!

  • @silverfox108
    @silverfox108 Год назад +1

    No Armagnac is the more robust flavours because of the oak barrels used and Cognac is more smooth and fine...

  • @silverfox108
    @silverfox108 Год назад +1

    Question I am assuming that the brands are also different and a years difference on the same brand would have very little change in taste but can be influenced by the barrel used. Cheers

  • @simonoliver1174
    @simonoliver1174 Год назад +2

    I was conceived in 1964 😮

  • @Repubcreek
    @Repubcreek Год назад +1

    So Armagnac is the suave, sophisticated brother of cognac?

  • @superodfx
    @superodfx 9 месяцев назад +1

    Do you ladies know how many years matured these Armagnacs were? Thank you

    • @TheGrailTastings
      @TheGrailTastings  9 месяцев назад +1

      I'm not sure. If I can find the sample bottles again I'll let you know. I'm pretty sure they were both bottled this year.

  • @rupertansell4662
    @rupertansell4662 Год назад +2

    I was born in 63…I wonder if I smell REALLY old!!!

  • @igloo2862
    @igloo2862 11 месяцев назад +1

    Did I miss where they showed the bottles or said which armagnac this is? It's like saying you are trying scotch from 1964, but not saying what region of scotland or which distillery it's from?

    • @TheGrailTastings
      @TheGrailTastings  9 месяцев назад +1

      You are totally right! We did have this info but not being into Armagnac (yet) we've not thought to say! If I can find the sample bottles I will come back and let you know!

  • @jbar6284
    @jbar6284 Год назад +1

    Enough with the glue-sniffing, Rachel: it can do y(our) head in.😉

    • @bdwilcox
      @bdwilcox Год назад +3

      It always escalates. This video proves she's now snorting intoxicating substances.

    • @jbar6284
      @jbar6284 Год назад +2

      You've been in(ter)jecting (humour) for years, @bdw.😀👍

    • @TheGrailTastings
      @TheGrailTastings  9 месяцев назад

      🤣🤣