Domaine Boingneres 2001 (FB, C) 48% 700ml Size::6 Bottle Case 12% Shiraz and 3% Cinsault

12% Shiraz and 3% Cinsault

literally translated is ‘Lover of Ares’

and there is also more brown clay in the very rocky soil strewn with significant ammonite fossils (something that Goisot notes is unusual for this altitude)

Smells like a freshly opened box of liquorice all sorts

North facing at 260m above sea level

Domaine Boingneres 2001 (FB, C) 48% 700ml Size::6 Bottle Case 12% Shiraz and 3% CinsaultA delicious Bas Armagnac from the highly regarded Domaine Boingneres distillery. A 2001 vintage, this was produced with Folle Blanche grapes from just one harvest and one distilling year. Well aged in French oak casks, the result is a splendid Armagnac, which serves up flavours of toasted oak, vanilla, soft white grapes, sultanas, apricot, cream, honey, pressed flowers, cloves, anise, rose petal and milky coffee. Bottled at 49% ABV, this is a robust