About the Producer
Domaine Le Freche is a well regarded producer from the Bas-Armagnac region. Not much information is available about them online other than the only have ~5 acres of grapes being grown and the predominantly use the Baco grape varietal.
This bottle was put out by L’Encantada, one of the premier bottlers of Armagnac. Despite their reputation they have only been around since 2011.
Details
- Aged from 1990-June 2021.
- Aged in dry chai.
- 52.1% abv.
- Bottle 131 of 580
Nose
Complex and powerful with gobs of oak and spice. Spice is complex with cinnamon, cumin and coriander. Has the oily, lightly bitter and smoky smell of very dark roast coffee beans which I’m really digging. Sandalwood and traces of marachino cherry. It’s excellent.
Palate
Like the nose it has a rich oakiness and complex spiciness. The Lightly bitter and smoky dark coffee bean notes show up again. Toasted oak and sandalwood with a sizable amount of tannins. Very dark chocolate. Not really fruit and quite dry. Full bodied with a velvety but tannic feel . Again complex and excellent.
Finish
Long and dry with oak and spice.
Rating: 8
Overall
An excellent armagnac. My first encounter with Le Freche but it really sets the bar. Leans into oak and spice but is very complex.
1 | Disgusting | So bad I poured it out.
2 | Poor | I wouldn’t consume by choice.
3 | Bad | Multiple flaws.
4 | Sub-par | Not bad, but many things I’d rather have.
5 | Good | Good
6 | Very Good | A cut above.
7 | Great | Well above average
8 | Excellent | Really quite exceptional.
9 | Incredible | An all time favorite
10 | Perfect | Perfect
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