Pierre Huet 15 Yr. Pays d'Auge Calvados

After its fifteen plus years of aging, your bottling inhabits that middle place of apple, pastry notes and a warm baking spice character. The nose opens with aromas of bright apple balanced by aromas of clove, cinnamon and fall mulling spices. On the palate, it sits lightly with a delicate nature balanced by a good presence of flavors. We get baked apple pie, the mix of the apples, spice and pastry dough. D&M Tasting Notes

The history of Pierre Huet goes back to the late 1800s when François Huet produced and stored Calvados at his manor, La Briere des Fontaines, in Cambremer. His son, the eponymous Pierre, began commercializing his father’s Calvados, selling primarily to restaurants within France. Pierre’s son François continued the family business by distilling and producing some of the finest Calvados in all of France from the 1950s through the 1970s. Great grandsons of the patriarch, Pierre and Philippe Huet, began working at the manor in the early seventies, strengthening the company’s commercial structure and expanding the business to include both cider and pommeau. The family line continues to this day with great-great grandsons François-Xavier and Cyril Huet having joined the firm in 2005. Michael Kennel, D&M