Image: Château Garreau
Everyone loves an underdog, so you’ll definitely love the team (and the juice) from Château Garreau.
The Garreau family has been growing grapes, distilling Armagnac, and aging it in their own cellars for over a hundred years. Carole, who runs the domaine, is the great-granddaughter of Charles Garreau who founded the Chateau in 1919. All the ingredients for this beauty - from the grapes to the water and even the French Oak used for the barrels, comes from within a few miles from the estate. This is about as OG as it gets when it comes to spirit-making.
Join Steve the SmokyBeast and his very special guests Gregoire and Carole for a warm discussion about the terroir and distillation process of this “farm-spirited” liquor, the centuries-long Garreau family legacy, and why Gregoire calls Armagnac the world’s only “bespoke” spirit.