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Bhakta Spirits

Bhakta Spirits
1964 Single Vintage Armagnac

Category: Luxury Armagnac

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 50.1%
97 Points
Platinum Medal
Superlative
$579

Bhakta Spirits
1964 Single Vintage Armagnac

Category: Luxury Armagnac

Date Tasted:
Country: France
Alcohol: 50.1%
Medium amber color. Aromas and flavors of gingerbread, dry maple sap, leather bound parchment and rancio, and dried figs with a round, vibrant, bone-dry medium-to-full body and a tingling, elegant, very long finish with impressions of angelica root, sassafras tea with dried orange, walnut butter, and cherry balsamic dried cremini mushrooms. Upon pop and pour, this could use more fruit to balance the umami, resin-esque quality of the finish; however, with some extended aeration this rich and complex spirit truly opens up to become something special proving there is no faking the luxury and age this exhibits.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: gingerbread, dry maple sap, leather bound parchment and rancio, and dried figs
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with impressions of angelica root, sassafras tea with dried orange, walnut butter, and cherry balsamic dried cremini mushrooms
Smoothness Smoothness: Tingling
Finish Finish: Very Long
Enjoy Enjoy: neat and with cigars
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Upon pop and pour, this could use more fruit to balance the umami, resin-esque quality of the finish; however, with some extended aeration this rich and complex spirit truly opens up to become something special proving there is no faking the luxury and age this exhibits.

The Producer

Bhakta Spirits

The Producer

Luxury Armagnac

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Serve in a Snifter
Luxury Armagnac includes those offerings of Armagnac that have become luxury or collectors' items. Mosat are vintage dated, some of them from as far back as the 1920s and 1930s. Often they are packaged in expensive wooden boxes and are priced upwards of $400, with a few reaching $1000. Yes, the Armagnac in the bottle is in fine shape - these are the ultimate in brandies for meditation.