Monluc Pousse Rapiere Orange & Armagnac  20%,

The Château Monluc cocktail

The liqueur and Le Vin Sauvage have the same origin: the dry white wine from our Gascony hills.

Chateau Monluc

The Château de Monluc is located in the town of Saint-Puy, in the center of Gascony. It has always been inhabited since Neolithic times and has evolved over time, from the wooden watchtower to the imposing residence protected by imposing ramparts that it is today. Residence of Blaise de Monluc from 1500 - 1577, this captain of Gascony who distinguished himself during his long military career by obtaining the title of Marshal of France at the age of 74, in gratitude for the services rendered to the five different kings of France whom he served.

Now it is the seat of an important wine estate, from which the famous Pousse Rapière 'came' with also a production of Armagnacs and Côtes de Gascogne wines with the Aubaines range of Goupil, Floc de Gascogne and liqueurs. This estate is rooted in the Armagnac tradition over five generations of passion and innovation with the Pousse-Rapière and the primacy of wine production using traditional methods in the Gers department.
Five generations of passion around a domain rooted in a terroir, a castle at the center of the small and large history of France, and above all always this passion, which was once that of the Gascon captains, to make you discover original and varied products.

A PLACE FULL OF HISTORY

The Château de Monluc is a place with a rich history. Several thousand years of cultures and civilizations can be found in the castle and its surroundings...

The history of Saint-Puy and the Pousse Rapière

On the heights of a hill lies a small Gascon village: Saint-Puy.

Located in the Gers department, in the Occitanie region, the village of Saint-Puy was inhabited from the Neolithic period. It takes its name from Summumpodium and later became Sempuy. As early as the Neolithic period, men had chosen to settle on this promontory. Later the Romans developed the culture of the vine there. In the Middle Ages the village alternately had English and French possessions.

Saint-Puy, the vineyard and the Gascons

In Saint-Puy, a small village in Gascony, located on a hill, there is a castle whose origins date back more than ten centuries. Already in the Neolithic period, several thousand years ago, people chose to settle on this oak-covered promontory. The polished stone axes and arrowheads found on the terrace testify to their industry and early trade. A few dozen centuries later, the Romans developed the culture of the vine, bringing prosperity to this region that would become Gascony. In the Middle Ages the Saracens came and introduced the still. Moreover, the English, who were driven back occupiers of the Gascon lands in the 14th century, had a very gloomy view of the trade of Dutch merchants. In reality, Dutch boats were only allowed to pass through Bordeaux – an English-owned city – and up the Garonne to load the wines of the Haut-Pays Gascon from the spring after the harvest. By then it was already too late for quite a few wines of that period, which, more or less well preserved, did not have the patience to wait for months and were damaged when the Dutch merchants arrived. They then came up with the idea of distilling some of these wines to process the resulting alcohol into the remaining wines. This vinage had the effect of guaranteeing good storage of the wines. By then it was already too late for quite a few wines of that period, which, more or less well preserved, did not have the patience to wait for months and were damaged when the Dutch merchants arrived. They then came up with the idea of distilling some of these wines to process the resulting alcohol into the remaining wines. This vinage had the effect of guaranteeing good storage of the wines. By then it was already too late for quite a few wines of that period, which, more or less well preserved, did not have the patience to wait for months and were damaged when the Dutch merchants arrived. They then came up with the idea of distilling some of these wines to process the resulting alcohol into the remaining wines. This vinage had the effect of guaranteeing good storage of the wines.

From then on we started distilling wine in Armagnac to produce drinkable alcohol. It was a great originality in the 15th century, because until now alcohol was reserved for doctors, perfumers and alchemists. One can imagine that the combination of the inventive spirit of the Gascons and their admirable eau-de-vie led to the spread of family recipes, some of them completely original