L’Encantada is sprawling right now, both in geographical distribution and producers bottled. Here’s a 29 year “Le Freche” that was bottled for Lincoln Road in Mississippi (great store and owner by the way). The label has the word "Domaine" before Le Freche – from my understanding Le Freche is an area located in the Armagnac region (wiki calls it a “commune” which is analogous to a township or municipality). SKU’s old site shows multiple producers producing in the “Le Freche” area (link below), so I guess when L’Encantada puts “Le Freche” on the bottle it could come from any one of several sources.
On to the review…
Nose: unmistakably Armagnac…ripe grapes and oak…hazelnut, cherry, and some baking spices
Palate: oak, caramel, grapes, and raisins…a little effervescent and cherry cola-like...then some light pink grapefruit and white chocolate in the background
Finish: great finish with great length…just lingers for minutes.
Thoughts
This is fantastic Armagnac. Everyone gets caught up with the Pibous, but I like this more than most of the Pibous I’ve had. It has one foot in bourbon and the other foot in heavily-sherried scotch (like a Glendronach single cask). Like I said before, it’s unmistakably Armagnac but I also feel like this one has mass appeal. Great job with this one L’Encantada (and Lincoln Road). This is an easy…
Grade: A minus
http://recenteats.blogspot.com/2016/01/armagnac-producers.html
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