April 4 · Albuquerque
01Microsoft is founded.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen begin a company that will help put a computer on every desk.
1975 Vintage of the Month
BHAKTA Armagnac
1975Vintage
A loud year to be alive.
A quiet one to be in a barrel.
After a half-century in French oak, a selection from this single vintage is ready to pour—deep reddish amber, composed by time, and unmistakably BHAKTA.
50Years old
97.6Proof
750Milliliters
$470
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01 · The premise
The world made noise.
Gascony kept time.
1975 emptied beaches, ended a war, and started a software company out of a garage. The world was changing loudly.
Far from the headlines, in the ancient hills of southwest France, freshly distilled Armagnac entered French oak. There it remained—deepening, concentrating, and becoming unmistakably itself.
02 · The year
One year.Four stories.
While history rushed forward, one spirit began the slow work of becoming timeless.
April 30 · Saigon
02A long war ends.
The fall of Saigon brings the Vietnam War to its final chapter after decades of conflict.
June 20 · American theaters
03Jaws clears the beaches.
Spielberg’s summer phenomenon changes the movies—and the ocean—forever.
Autumn · Gascony, France
04A vintage enters oak.
Grapes become eau-de-vie. The headlines fade. The barrel begins its patient work.
03 · The spirit
From TÉnarÈze,shaped by time.
Distilled in 1975 from Ugni Blanc and Baco grown in the clay, limestone, boulbÈnes, and tawny sands of Armagnac TÉnarÈze. Traditional continuous Armagnac distillation preserved the vintage’s power and character before the spirit began its long evolution in oak.
RegionArmagnac TÉnarÈze
Grape varietiesUgni Blanc & Baco
SoilsClay, limestone, boulbÈnes & tawny sands
DistillationTraditional continuous Armagnac distillation
AgingOak barrels
Proof97.6
04 · Vintage of the Month
Own a year
worth remembering.
A rare, single-vintage spirit from the cellars of Chateau BHAKTA.
$470 · 750 ml
Taste 1975
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