Review #: 202
Description: Chateau de Pellehaut 1994 Tenareze
Spirit: Armagnac
Background: Coming from the Tenareze region of France, this Armagnac was produced and bottled by Chateau de Pellehaut. Distilled in 1994 it was aged for 22 years.
Distillery – Chateau de Pellehaut
Bottler – Chateau de Pellehaut
Brand – Chateau de Pellehaut
Selection – N/A
ABV – 48.2%
Age – 22 Years
Nose – Sweet grape, grape soda, vanilla, dark chocolate, sharp oak, a little leather, hint of citrus
Taste – Grape jelly, vanilla, toasted oak, lightly burnt sugar, a little thin on the mouthfeel
Finish – Menthol like cooling and drying, tobacco leaf, burn sugar, bitter oak
Score: 6
Would I buy a bottle? No
Thoughts: This was nice and very grape forward. The oak was nice and balanced in the initial taste and started to dominate in the finish, but showing restraint from being too oaky or bitter. It’s pleasant, but I don’t feel the need for a full bottle.