Gelas Armagnac 12 years Maury Cask 43.5% 700ml

Armagnac Gelas, besides being amongst the very best, is famous for its single varietal Armagnacs (Folle Blanche, Colombard, Ugni Blanc, Baco), giving a sort of academic understanding of Armagnac.

His fame is also due to the sheer number of Cask Finish (Vosges Oak, Marsala, Oloroso, De Bortoli Noble One, Swiss Amigne Mitis, De Bortoli Black Noble, Maury, Amarone Zanoni, Lynch Bages Red and Lynch Bages White, etc.)

Family traces go way back to 1246, in the form of the King’s Musketeer, D’Artagnan (born Charles de Batz), but it was really not until around the middle of the 19th century that the Gelas family linked its own destiny to that of Armagnac.

In 1865, Guillaume Gelas, a respected barrel maker, bequeathed his business to his son Baptiste, who in turn created the Maison Gelas. He duly moved into the premises currently occupied by the firm and embarked on the business of making and selling Armagnacs.

In 1910, his son Louis acquired a property planted with Manciet vines — the Château de Martet (Martet Castle) — which is still in the family fold.

After the Second World War, Pierre followed in his father’s footsteps and lent the family firm an international dimension. He revolutionised his times by offering on an exclusive basis Armagnacs hailing from the terroirs or local regions of Bas Armagnac and La Ténarèze, at their natural degree of ageing, without reduction.

This unique selection of proprietors lends the resulting product a fine reputation at the grandest of tables, be it in France or abroad.