Castarede XO Armagnac
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By the rules, XO Armagnac must have at least 10 years in oak and 10 years old for the Hors d'Age. We massively over-deliver by ageing our Hors d'Age and XO a minimum of 20 years. Light coppery. Powerful and warm combining notes of fruits and spices. Full, harmonious with scents of glazed ripe plums, toast oak followed with arrays of spices, nutmeg mixed with fruit. Hints of rancio. Smooth long tasting finish.
Proof: 80
Ennobled by King Louis XVIII in 1818, the Castarède family gave the company its name and its coat of arms.
In 1832, our company was included in the trade register as the first trading House declared in Armagnac trading.
172 years later, the Castarède family found again the Baron Haussmann spirit in settling in the heart of Paris (8th District), indeed Florence Castarède opened in 2006 a show room, a place dedicated to culture where artists, writers and Armagnac’s connoisseurs can share a glass of Armagnac in a friendly atmosphere modeled on of Henri IV and D’Artagnan.
In 1932, Raymond Castarède took over the family company.
This family business which had a great activity in the beginning, has not known the development that it should have had for some reasons, in particular for geographical reasons. And in our family we are more collectors than merchants. Very active in the local institutions ( Company of Musketeers, BNIA, federation of Armagnac…) Raymond Castarède has repeteadly promoted this Eau-de-vie from Gascony.
His wife, then his son, Jean Castarède, have continued to celebrate this french brandy.
Today, Jean Castarède’s daughter, Florence Castarède runs the company. She does not hesitate to travel the world to share with people this extraordinary family heritage full of history, with a catching joy of living.