Bottled in 2009!
The "Wine Enthusiast" writes about the vintage 1942: 96-100 Parker Points: Classic / Highest Recommendation!
"Scintillating nose is peppery and has a backnote of caraway seed; bouquet opens up adding notes of rye bread, oak, lard and pear drop candy. Palate entry is unbelievably rich, bittersweet to sweet, concentrated; rancio washes over the taste buds in flavors of bacon fat, almond butter, vanilla extract and palm oil. Finish is honeyed, dried fruit-like and warming. A true Armagnac masterpiece from the World War II era."
veritaswine.com:
There are very few products whose clear superiority allows them to define their own category. The Armagnacs of Laberdolive, however, have for many years, been objectively regarded as the apotheosis of Armagnac. Just as Nikita Khruschev once diverted his elaborate and heavily-guarded entourage to visit the chais and acquire a prized bottle of the famed Armagnac, so did French President Jacques Chirac bring along a bottle of Laberdolive 1972 to toast his hosts on a recent state visit to China. David Ridgway, chef-sommelier at La Tour d'Argent in Paris, not long ago remarked to The Wine Spectator that Laberdolive has been "considered for a long time to be the benchmark of Armagnac."
