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
Producer: Christian Drouin
Region: Normandy

Les Vergers de la Morinière Calvados Pays d'Auge 2002

Country: France
Producer: Astrid Hubert
Region: Normandy

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
Producer: Roger Groult
Region: Normandy

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
Producer: Roger Groult
Region: Normandy

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
Producer: Roger Groult
Region: Normandy

Victor Gontier Calvados Domfrontais 2008 42% 500ml

This 2008 vintage Calvados from renowned producer Victor Gontier represents excellent value for money. The nose is full of stewed pear with little or no oak influence. The palate has excellent intensity with toffee apple and galangal on the finish.

Country: France
Region: Normandy