Cyrano 25 Year Old Armagnac

Detailed Description

Created by brothers in law who fell in love with Gascogne, Cyrano is a modern twist on the traditional negociante style brandy. The story begins when Cesar, Cyrano’s co-founder and former CEO of a French tech company, decided to change paths and purchase a house for his family in the far flung Margouret-Meymes commune of Armagnac. His love for the region, history and its special brandy grew and approached his brother in law Gianni, Sommelier and owner of the famous LA restaurant Madeo about getting into the business. The identified a need for high quality armagnac for restaurants and bars that was authentic, small batch and affordable. Together they created Cyrano, named for famous and complicated historical figure who famously loved Armagnac above all other brandies. The Cyrano 25 year is a small batch blend of various eau-de-vie entirely from Bas-Armagnac. The specially selected casks include Armagnacs up to 40 years old and all four main grape varietals. Blended in small batches by Samalens, the youngest spirit in the blend was vinified in 1990. All of the eau-de-vie were aged in New Oak for a substantial amount of time (some more than 10 years) before being transferred into old barrels to mellow and mature. The result is bottled at 84 proof and unadultered by additives of any kind. For the quality, age and depth it is one of the best values in old brandy anywhere.