1920 Armagnac: distilled at the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, the year of Prohibition and women's suffrage

1920 - the world is emerging from the Great War and deciding to dance. On January 16, Prohibition comes into effect in the United States: the sale of alcohol is banned - but what follows is paradoxical: speakeasies (clandestine bars) proliferate by the thousands, jazz flourishes in the freedom of the forbidden, and Al Capone and bootleggers become legends. Prohibition creates modern American culture. In August, the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified: women win the right to vote in the United States after decades of suffragette struggle. In Hollywood, silent film is in its golden age. In Germany, Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari revolutionizes world cinema: the first great expressionist film, the first work of psychological horror, and an absolute influence on the cinema of Murnau, Lang, and decades of filmmakers. Paul Whiteman records "Whispering" - the first record to sell a million copies, marking the beginning of the era of the phonograph record and salon jazz. In Antwerp, the first post-war Olympic Games take place: a symbol of recovered peace, nations broken by conflict reunite through sport. In Gascony, winemakers distill in this surge of newfound freedom and the joyful fever of the nascent Roaring Twenties. After 106 years of aging in Gascon oak barrels, these 1920 Armagnacs are pieces of absolute rarity and historical depth: rancio of centenary intensity, deep incense, ancient resin. Artifacts from the beginning of the Roaring Twenties.

Our 1920 selection

• Atelier Jean Cavé — our 1920 Armagnac, available on Cap Vintage
• 1920 Banyuls, Maury, Rivesaltes - natural sweet wines from Roussillon of the same era

Each bottle is shipped in exceptional presentation packaging, with a certificate of authenticity and personalized tracking.

Why is 1920 Armagnac so exceptional?

Distilled in the very year that Prohibition banned alcohol in the United States and women won the right to vote, then aged for 106 years - this vintage from the start of the Roaring Twenties possesses an absolutely unique rarity and historical irony.