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Jun 27, 2013 · Calvados is made from a cidre which is produced from the apple orchards in Normandy. Apples are not generally acidic enough to start the distillation and so most firms also combine a small quantity of an acidic pear known as a Perry Pear.
Jan 26, 2024 · Calvados is a type of French brandy or eau de vie made mainly from apples, although some pears can also be used. The fruits differ from the ones we eat, and the apples come in four varieties: Sweet (fragrant & sweet, contributes to a higher ABV), Bittersweet (both sweet & tannic, dominant kind), Bitter (more tannins, adds body) and Acidic (adds ...
Jun 27, 2013 · It is for this reason that most young calvados carry a distinctive pear drop aroma but this will start to mellow after 10 or 12 years and provide a richer apple flavour. Calvados distilled before 1960 are considered as very rare and can therefore attract quite high prices.
Oct 27, 2023 · The Calvados AOC is the main appellation and extends over all of Normandy. It is also the broadest, allowing apples and pears in any proportion, distilled in either pots or columns, and aged for at least two years in oak.
Jun 12, 2020 · A living proof that tradition could be respected within innovation, this illustrious French eau-de-vie is originally made from the distillation of cider or perry (thus apple and pear based), obviously largely cultivated in Normandy.
Reflecting its orchards, this twice-distilled calvados contains a high concentration of pear, at about 70 per cent of the blend, which is then aged in oak.
Jul 19, 2017 · Stopping to buy calvados in a roadside store introduces us to rare Poiré Domfrontais and pear calvados, specialties of the region around Domfront, in Normandy France.
