The nose shows apple and citrus backed by char, toffee and honey. The palate shows rich fruit, stewed plums, apples, baked peaches, vanilla, black tea and honey. D&M Tasting Notes Cocoa brown color; flawless purity. First off, I pick up succulent aromas of brown butter, bacon fat, dried flowers, and muesli; secondary whiffs detect deeper aromas, namely honey, ginger, toasted oak, saltine cracker, and dried apricot. Entry features immediate impact tastes of dark honey, baked fruits (apricot, banana), baking spices (clove, cinnamon, vanilla), and toasted marshmallow; midpalate turns prune-like and raisiny as the taste profile shifts to a ripe and baked fruit posture that's sweet and succulent. Finishes long, prune Danish-like, full in the mouth, and peppery. A session Bas-Armagnac that's refined, mature, and ambrosial. Absolutely must be on your brandy wish list. It was in 1838 during the reign of Louis Phillipe taht Pascal Dartigalongue, originally from Saint Lannes near Madiran, moved to Nogaro in the Gers and founded his maison d'Armagnac which is alive and well today. He very quickly realised that armagnac could be a successbul export product. Despite many difficulties he managed to send aok casks of armagnac to Bayonne where they would be shipped on to Holland And England. In 1870 he acquired our present vineyard, lacroutz"