Darroze Grand Bas - Armagnac 'Les Grands Assemblages' (Blend) 12 Years - Caravan Wines & Spirits

Darroze

Darroze Grand Bas-Armagnac 'Les Grands Assemblages' (Blend) 12 Years

Style Armagnac
Producer Darroze
Origin Bas-Armagnac (Roquefort, Landes)
$159 / btl
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What it tastes like.

After 10 years in contact with the oak, Armagnac starts to take on the aromas of ageing. The fruit that is still present, is accompanied by the first aromas of soft spices such as liquorice and cinnamon. Still quite fiery, this eau de vie will become more complex after a few minutes breathing in your glass. 

43% ABV

700ml

The house

About Darroze.

Bas-Armagnac (Roquefort, Landes) ·Est. 1974

Darroze is a Bas-Armagnac specialist founded in 1974 in Roquefort, in the heart of the appellation, by Francis Darroze — sommelier turned producer-trader from a Michelin-starred Landes restaurant family. Francis built the business around a single-vintage, single-estate, cask-strength model: rather than blending Armagnacs from multiple estates, the house buys finished Bas-Armagnac from around 30 small producers and ages each separately in the Darroze cellars at Roquefort and Labastide d'Armagnac. The house's vintage releases cover decades from the 1960s through the present. Marc Darroze has run the business since 1996.

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At the table

How to pour it.

  • Temperature

    Room temperature. No ice for the first pour — taste the spirit before diluting.

  • Glassware

    Tulip or copita — NOT a balloon snifter (drops the aroma).

Bottle questions

Before you open it.

A few practical answers for storage, delivery, and choosing the right bottle.

How should I store it before opening?

Keep it somewhere cool, dark, and steady. Wine prefers cellar temperature; spirits are happier away from heat and direct sunlight.

How long will it keep once opened?

Wine changes quickly after opening; spirits and liqueurs generally hold longer if capped tightly and kept out of heat. If it is a special bottle, ask before opening and the team can give product-specific guidance.

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Yes. Contact Caravan with this bottle name and the occasion; the team can suggest a close match, a safer gift, or a step up or down in price.

How is it packed for delivery?

Orders are packed in bottle-safe cartons. If anything arrives damaged or looks wrong, contact the team with your order number and a photo so they can sort the next step.

What about hot weather shipping?

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Why Caravan backs Darroze

Bas-Armagnac (Roquefort, Landes)

Francis Darroze grew up working at his family's two-star Michelin restaurant in the Bas-Armagnac region — his father Jean Darroze was the chef known as 'King Jean' of Landes gastronomy. From the age of 15, Francis accompanied his father on visits to local Armagnac producers in search of quality bottles for the restaurant cellar. By 1974, after years of sommelier-side sourcing experience, he set up Darroze in Roquefort as a producer-trader specialising in single-vintage, single-estate, cask-strength Bas-Armagnac — a deliberate break from the prevailing model of large-house multi-estate blending.

Bas-Armagnac is the south-western sub-appellation of the broader Armagnac AOC and is recognised as the source of the most cellar-worthy expressions of the spirit. Darroze sources finished spirit from approximately 30 small Bas-Armagnac estates and ages each separately under their own estate name — Domaine de Bellair, Domaine de Cravanceres, Domaine de Gaube, Domaine de la Gardenne, Domaine de Piheron, Domaine de la Poste — preserving each estate's distinctive character through extended barrel ageing in Roquefort and Labastide d'Armagnac. The bottlings are cask-strength (typically 40–50% ABV) and unfiltered, releasing vintage spirit from the cellars.

The Darroze range is organised around two principles: single-vintage estate releases (each labelled with the source estate and the year of distillation, ranging from the late 1940s to recent vintages) and the Grands Assemblages blends (multi-estate blends matured for specified periods — 12, 20, 30, 40 years). Marc Darroze, Francis's son, joined in 1996 as a trained oenologist and now leads the business. The current cellar holds a deep stock of older vintages, with releases of 60-year-old and older Armagnacs appearing periodically in the catalogue.

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