BLANCHEARMAGNAC

Craft

Armagnac know-how. With added transparency.

BLANCHE is the result of a precise journey, from vine to bottle. The choice of grapes, winemaking, distillation and maturation in an inert vessel each play a part in shaping its aromatic profile.

A copper still in a distillation room
  1. A grassy track between two rows of vines

    The vine

    Blanche Armagnac starts in vineyard plots within the appellation area. Knowledge of the grape varieties and care for the fruit shape the character of the final eau-de-vie. For BLANCHE, the exact blend will be detailed once the production sheet has been validated.

  2. A bunch of white grapes on the vine

    Wine made for distillation

    The grapes are made into a white wine intended for distillation. At this stage, the work seeks the aromatic expression that distillation will later reveal.

  3. A copper still in a distillation room

    Distillation

    The wine goes through an alembic according to the regulated practices of the appellation. Selecting the fractions and mastering the distillation preserve the fruit and build the balance of the eau-de-vie.

  4. Maturation, without wood

    Unlike an amber Armagnac, Blanche is kept after distillation in an inert vessel. This maturation, of at least three months under the AOC rules, harmonises the profile without marking it with oak.

  5. A BLANCHE bottle and a coupe on a counter, dark background

    Bottling

    Once the checks that apply to Blanche Armagnac AOC are complete, the eau-de-vie is bottled. Its clarity, fruity expression and Gascon identity become those of BLANCHE Cloud & Clet.

Illustrative photographs of the vineyard and of Armagnac distillation.

The difference with an aged Armagnac lies mainly after the still: an inert vessel on one side, oak ageing on the other.

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