Janneau 1975 Vintage Armagnac

Janneau 1975 Vintage Armagnac

This 1975 Single Vintage Armagnac will make a perfect birthday present for anyone born in 1975 and will be 50 years old in 2025.

Janneau 1975 Vintage Armagnac is made solely from grapes harvested, vinified and distilled in 1975.

Janneau is one of the top Armagnac houses. Not only is it one of the oldest of the great houses but it is also the world’s leading brand of Armagnac, available in 80 countries worldwide. The company was founded by Pierre Etienne Janneau in 1851 and it is located in the heart of the Armagnac region in the town of Condom.

Janneau Armagnac has been through some ownership changes since then: it was bought by Cognac Martell in 1974, which was eventually bought out by Seagram, before the Giovinetti family bought it in 1993 with the intention of returning the business to a family-run concern. The company was last sold in 2014 to the French spirit specialist The Spirit France Group.

Uniquely, Janneau is the only major house that distils, blends and ages its own stocks under its own roof.  Having access to their own distillery gives Janneau complete control over the quality and personality of their Armagnac. After distillation, the Armagnac is put into 450 litre French Limousine oak barrels oak barrels and left in cellars to quietly age until it is ready to be bottled and released. Quite often these single vintage bottlings will consist of only one single cask. It is the interaction of the spirit and the oak during the ageing process which produces a fine and mellow spirit. In the barrel, the Armagnac leaches vanillins and tannins from the toasted oak which lend the spirit colour and flavours – without barrel ageing the spirit is just a colourless liquid.

What does 1975 Vintage Armagnac Taste Like? 

The depth of colour and complexity of flavours increase all the time the spirit is aged in cask and the colour becomes darker with age ranging from pale straw to rich amber. As well as becoming darker in colour as Armagnac ages it also becomes softer,  smoother and more elegant on the palate whilst aromas and flavours of prunes, violets, fig, honey, butterscotch and rancio develop.

Bottled at 43% abv and is presented in an individual wooden box. Each bottle also displays the date of bottling.

At Fareham Wine Cellar, we specialise in Vintage Armagnacs. We mainly supply Armagnacs from Baron de Lustrac and Baron de Sigognac but occasionally we have some from other producers. Check out the current stock of Janneau Vintage Armagnac here.