What armagnac goes with
Armagnac comes from Gascony and, unlike cognac, is usually distilled once, in a continuous still. As a result more of the grape stays in the drink.
As a result, Armagnac is fuller and rougher than Cognac, with more dried fruit and more spice. That is not a flaw but the reason people choose it.
Much armagnac is bottled by vintage. That year stands for when the grapes were harvested, not for how long it has been in the bottle; in the bottle it no longer changes.
How to serve it
- Glass
- A tulip glass.
- Temperature
- Room temperature.
- Neat or mixed
- Neat, after dinner.
What it goes with
- goose liver
- prunes in armagnac
- chocolate
- nuts
- aged cheese
- coffee
This applies to the type as a whole. What an individual bottle does is on the page of that bottle.
All 36 armagnacs on the shelfAll recommendations from ’t Bockje
A personal recommendation with every bottle of armagnac
The page of every bottle of armagnac in the shop has its own recommendation: something for the meal or the drinks, a cheese and something for afterwards, with the shopping list and the preparation.