View cart

At the Chiroulet estate, distillation has been carried out in the traditional manner using home distillers since 1893. Despite the habit of seeing them, certain rituals still maintain their capacity to amaze us. Seeing the neck of the "Scoucut" spring up, the copper funnel of the Armagnac distiller designed by Mr Mikalowsky, is one of these moments when life takes on a different appearance. The apparatus is installed in a corner of our wine & spirits storehouse during the first few days of November. Over the years, the fire lit within the heart of it has become the pretext for visits during which tasting, feasts, explanations and many more things take place.

Here we talk about this precious white wine whose aromas have been preserved to this very day.
We talk about the Ugni-blanc and Colombard grapes which come from the oldest vines on the estate.
We tell how, after being harvested at its full maturity, the grape unfurls its acid potential, guaranteeing the eau de vie its Ténarèze denomination.

But you have to wait before consuming it, leaving it the time to develop its full expression. Far from being a local mystery, this is an enigma to which nobody knows the answer.
Let’s just simply say that in contact with the oak casks, the mix of time and the product, offers enthusiasts bitter-sweet aromatic flavours and amber tones the copper colour of which is a sight to see.So that is how our first few days in November are spent.

"La flamme de l'Armagnac" ( The Armagnac Flame)has brought together all types of enthusiasts, both curious and impassioned, who still know how to appreciate the love poured into a profession and the beauty of the know-how behind the "finished product".