Lencantada Louis Pibous 1999 18 Year Old Armagnac

Lencantada Louis Pibous 1999 18 Year Old Armagnac
Armagnac is a French grape brandy that’s most similar to cognac, though its documented production predates the more popular spirit by at least 150 years. The primary difference between the two lies in the fact that Cognac is made on a pot still while Armagnac utilizes a column still, and typically comes off that still at a much lower ABV.
Armagnac must be made in the Gascony region of France which, for the unfamiliar, is south of Cognac in what’s known as a microclimate featuring the Pyrenees mountains on one side and a dense pine forest on the other which blocks wind flow. Divided into three growing regions, Bas-Armagnac represents the largest of the bunch and is the appellation where the expression I’ll be reviewing today comes from.