Clés des Ducs is located in the Gers department of France in the village of Panjas. The Lord of Panjas, Paul Baylac, began distilling in 1774. The estate was created in 1924 with the purchase of vines from one of his descendants. The business was bought by Cointreau in 1981 and then by the Armanoir group in 2008. The house’‘s Armagnacs are all produced from the Ugni Blanc grape variety. The estate favours gentle distillation and moderate wood influence, with the spirit spending just three to four months in new oak casks to prevent the wood from dominating and to allow the spirit’‘s intrinsic qualities to be expressed.

Clé des Ducs V.S.O.P. (Very Superior Old Pale) Armagnac is an Armagnac aged for at least four years in oak casks.