Christian Drouin Le Calvados Sélection 40% 700ml

Importers Notes - "While the Pays d'Auge Calvados requires prolonged aging in oak barrels to flourish, a Calvados produced from apples and pears, and distilled in a column still, offers an aromatic universe dominated by fruit, palatable. from an early age. For this reason, CHRISTIAN DROUIN preferred to offer for "entry-level" a Calvados partly produced in the establishment he operates in Domfront. This calvados derives its originality from the high percentage of perry pears used in conjunction with cider apples. … more

Country: France
Region: Normandy

Comte Louis de Lauriston Calvados Domfrontais Fine 2 Year Old 40% 700ml

Calvados Comte Louis de Lauriston is made in the farms of the Domfrontais regions. The use of around 50% of pears in the production process, the single distillation and the granite soils of the region give Calvados Comte Louis de Lauriston a unique style.

Very fruity, dry and elegant, calvados Comte Louis de Lauriston has been acknowledged with 178 medals in various Spirit competitions.

Country: France
Region: Normandy
Sub Region: Domfrontais

Roger Groult Calvados Pays D'Auge 8 years 41% 700ml

This "8 year old" Calvados has been produced following the strict criteria of the label "Calvados Pays d'Auge", using only Cider apples from Pays d'Auge. Their apple trees yield about twenty varieties of cider apples : sweet, bitter-sweet,bitter and acidulous. Examples of varieties : Bisquet, Binet Rouge, Noel des Champs, Egyptia, etc. Calvados are still distilled over a wood fire in three little pot stills to maintain traditional and artisanal methods of production. It is then aged in in oval … more

Country: France
Region: Normandy
Sub Region: Domfrontais

Roger Groult Calvados Pays D’Auge "Doyen" 25 years 41% 700ml

In the mid 1800s Pierre Groult starting distilling the family cider to produce Calvados. By 1893 the vision paid off with the first gold medal being awarded helping the distillery gain a reputation around Normandy. 5 generations on, Jean Roger Groult continues the family tradition. The Doyen dage is a blend with an average age of at least 70 years. Concentrated, rich and velvety its heady mix of baked apples, smoke, orange blossoms, tobacco and vanilla.

Country: France
Region: Normandy
Sub Region: Domfrontais

Roger Groult Calvados Pays D’Auge "Vénérable" 25 years 41% 700ml

"WORLD’S BEST CALVADOS 2019"

Old apple and cherry wood characters with galangal and old orange peel flavours. Good weight, has spice, a thick mouth-filling texture, and excellent length. Superb calvados: just the right mix of fruit and barrel development.

Colour: Tawny

Nose: Very complex floral bouquet .Persistent, good compromise between fruity and wooded notes. Old apple and Cherry wood characters with galangal and old orange peel flavours.

Palate: Good weight, has spice, a thick mouth-filling texture, and excellent length. Powerful … more

Country: France
Region: Normandy
Sub Region: Domfrontais

Victor Gontier Calvados Domfrontais 2013 42% 500ml

A young, vibrant calvados distilled from apple and pear in the Domfrontais region of Normandy.

According to the importers, "Long after the outcome of mobile phones, calling Victor Gontier on the only landline by their entrance door, one would enjoy a cacophony of chook noises , roosters calls, pigs squeals in the courtyard, confirming the authenticity of the place and thus of its production."

The controlled Domfrontais appellation requires at least 35 percent pear juice, which gives a softer character … more

Country: France
Region: Normandy
Sub Region: Domfrontais