About this release
Dear GotA Family, for this year’s German Armagnac Festival on April 13th 2024 we have once again uncovered a special magic potion from the darkest cellars of Gascony: A HONTAMBÈRE 1983 from the famous Pouchégu stock, distilled by the brilliant Pierre Laporte, whose reputation extends far beyond his passing.
Anyone who knows and loves GotA Hontambère 1985 will adore this cask! It will be even darker, even oilier, even heavier!
The heavy bouquet plunges you into a cedar-paneled palace full of Cuban tobacco, black molasses and tropical Demerara glue. Complex incense hangs in the air. Baskets of juicy raisins and sour cherries are a tempting invitation to snack!
The palate is taken over by a heavy raisin sweetness, dark chocolate and mocha! Cherry and strawberry jam round off the heavy, fruity body!
We look forward to surprising you with this fine Rare Armagnac Collection by Hontambere Armagnac at the festival!
Facts
We pay special attention and care to transparency in our cask selection. Therefore, we share all the data we could gather from the producer:
| Spirit category | Armagnac |
| Producer | Hontambère (Pouchégu Stock) |
| Origin | Armagnac Ténarèze |
| Grape variety | Ugni Blanc |
| Vintage | 1983 |
| ABV | 54,2 % |
| Still type | Alambic Armagnacais |
| Distillateur | Pierre Laporte |
| Aged for | 39 years |
| Cellar climate | Dry |
| Cask number | #G4 |
| Bottled in | March 2024 |
| Number of bottles | 249 |
Blog reviews
Other Hontambère releases reminded me of Enmore rum and this is similar. A really heavy style. (87/100)
WhiskyNotes.be
Ein sehr intensiver und sehr ausgeprägt gereifter Armagnac, für den man sich unbedingt Zeit nehmen muss, um sein wahres Potential kennen zu lernen. Die rumesque Note spricht mich natürlich sehr an. (89/100)
Zucker & Zeste
This time it is a 39-year-old single cask bottling, which consists of 100% Ugni Blanc grapes. (90/100)
Arcore
Très bel armagnac encore une fois, avec un profil pas si éloigné du très bon 1985, j’aime beaucoup ! Il faudrait faire le comparatif des deux, mais pour moi on est clairement dans la même qualité. (91/100)
Le Blog A Roger
Perhaps the most armagnacqy of them all. In truth I used to have, in my remote family, an old grandpa who used to raise fighting bulls and armagnacs, for sports. (88/100)
WhiskyFun