Lionel Osmin Apothicaire de l’Armagnac Colombard 2001 (50cl 43%)

Introduction

Get to know: Lionel Osmin, Apothicaire de l’Armagnac Colombard 2001 (50cl, 43%)

Tasting Note

Lionel Osmin aim to highlight the original Armagnac grape varieties (10 possible in the appellation) and give each of their cuves a clean and authentic style typical of the South West of France.

Made using the Colombard grape variety which is widely used in Gascony for white wines, this is a fruity and spicy style makes for a very singular Armagnac compared.

On the nose and palate it is bold and expressive with notes of candied, toasted and woody fruit that envelop your senses.

Producer Info

Lionel Osmin & Cie is a ngociant house based in the South-West of France making wines in partnership with contract growers. The company was founded by Lionel Osmin in 2010 and has gone on to build a strong reputation in South-West France.

Lionel Osmin & Cie have also formed special partnerships with various distillers of Armagnac in Gascony. This has enabled them to put together a small portfolio of high quality, singular Armagnacs.

Their approach uses a simple distillation in a continuous still, typical of the region, the eaux-de-vie are aged in 400-litre Gascon barrels and no blending between different years, to keep the identity and singularity of each eau-de-vie. Each release has a date of bottling to know, by difference with the vintage, the number of years actually spent aging in oak barrels, the only real guarantee of the slow and natural evolution of the eau-de-vie. There is no reduction using small waters that would dilute the brandy, and no addition of dye or aging accelerator. The wines are always distilled without SO2 protection and no further sulphites are added.