Armagnac, Before It Becomes Unaffordable

My guide to Armagnac, with my top-10 bottle picks, and my annual plea to splurge on fine Armagnac. You'll wish you did when the bourbon bros drive up the price.

Tasting comes with an ego. Yet it comes just as often with the feeling of being an imposter, or at least the feeling that there is still a lot to learn. That was my cocktail of anxiety last year when I selected and eventually released my own barrel of Armagnac, a limited-release 23-year-old, L’Encantada 1997 Domaine Cutxan (Cask #20). Instead of only be…