Janneau XO Royal Grand Armagnac is a top-tier XO expression from Maison Janneau — the AOC Armagnac’s leading super-premium producer, founded by Pierre Etienne Janneau in 1851 at Condom. Clear orange-coppery amber in the glass, complex on the nose with stewed plums, cherry, kirsch, blackberries, and vanilla layered with dried chili, cinnamon, cloves, violet, nutmeg, hazelnut, and amaretto biscuit; intense and very well balanced on the palate; long dry finish.

Maison Janneau was founded by Pierre Etienne Janneau in 1851 at Condom, in the heart of the Armagnac region. Four generations of the Janneau family have followed, passing down the secret of Grand Armagnac from father to son. Janneau is one of the principal producers carrying out distillation, ageing, and bottling entirely within the AOC Armagnac region of origin, and today operates one of the most important production and storage facilities in the region — a leading brand producing exclusively super-premium quality Armagnac.

Tasting Notes

• Appearance: Clear orange-coppery amber with burnished copper highlights
• Aroma: Leathery vanilla, stewed plums, cherry, kirsch, blackberries, dried chili, cinnamon, cloves; cider apple, floral violet, nutmeg, hazelnut, amaretto biscuit, freshly sawn oak
• Taste: Quite intense, very well balanced; sweet mouth-filling flavors yielding to drying oak tannins, tobacco, quince, orange marmalade, almond, faint coffee, kirsch
• Aftertaste: Long dry finish; light cinnamon and peppery spiced oak with tobacco

Specs

• House: Maison Janneau (Pierre Etienne Janneau, est. 1851 — Condom, AOC Armagnac, France)
• Style: Grand Armagnac — XO Royal
• Production: Distilled, aged, and bottled entirely within AOC Armagnac
• Size: 750ml

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