Dupont Hors d'Age Pays D'Auge Calvados

PRODUCER NOTES:

TASTING: “EYES - Golden yellow, slightly coppery. NOSE - Pleasant, fine with good complexity, lightly wooded. Fruit aromas of apple and banana. Floral hints of rose and jasmine. Develops in complexity when smelt again after swirling; MOUTH - Sweet attack, excellently balanced. Fruity hints of ripe apples. Hints of wood. (42% ABV)”

PRODUCTION: "The apples are mixed, crushed and pressed. The apple juice is fermented right out to give cider to be distilled. Double distillation is carried out one month after the fermentation has taken place. The first distillation gives the "petite eau" at 30% by volume and it is the second distillation, that of the "petite eau" which gives the Calvados. It is aged six years minimum. In toasted 400 L (88 imperial gallon) oak barrels, 25% of which are new. Bottled when ordered."

TERROIR: Clay and Oxfordian marl soil.
VARIETIES: 80% of bittersweet apples; 20% of acid apples
HARVEST: From September to November

SERVING SUGGESTIONS:  "AS AN APERITIF - On its own, over ice, or with a drop or two of water to let it release its aromas. AS A DIGESTIVE - Drinking temperature 20-22°C (68 to 72°F)."