Christian Drouin - Calvados Pays d'Auge 70 cl

The Maison Christian Drouin is one of the leading names in Calvados production, and in particular Calvados Pays d'Auge. It is first and foremost a family story. From its beginnings in the 1960s, Christian Drouin senior specialised in the rarest calvados, meaning the oldest. Today the house offers the widest range of vintages in the trade, Made from a double distillation, this 100% apple calvados from the Pays d'Auge is aged for a minimum of 5 years in new casks, then a further 4 to 5 years in old casks. Benefiting from a wide choice of containers (cider, calvados, port and sherry casks, etc.), the VSOP blend offers an incomparable aromatic palette and richness. It opens with notes of ripe apples mingled with sweet spices, vanilla and cinnamon. The palate is supple, harmonious and thoroughly round. - Origin: France - Nose: seductive, imbued with freshness. Precise notes of sweet cider, baked apple and gingerbread. It opens up to more vegetal and floral notes. It becomes increasingly fruity, with citrus and prune. Evokes an almond liqueur. Beeswax. - Palate: full and without aggression. The more present wood structures and channels the fruity notes of the nose. Presence of sweet spices in mid-palate. Fine balance. - Finish: harmonious, without a hint of bitterness or astringency. It lingers on the fruit, the apple. A medicinal touch, clove and arnica.