The youngest of Laballe’s 3-12-21 collection, this Armagnac is aged in oak barrels (a quarter of which are new) from the Landes Forest for a minimum of three years. Distilled from Ugni Blanc, it’s a delicious, fine-boned young Bas Armagnac with lovely freshness, yet also good body and texture. It works beautifully as an aperitif Armagnac and on the rocks as well as in cocktails. You could try it in a D’Artagnan (basically a brandy-laced Bucks Fizz), a Sidecar or a southwest speciality, the Landaise Mule (50ml of Armagnac, 10ml lime juice, over ice, topped with ginger beer).