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1. www.decanter.com › spirits › calvados-a-beginnersCalvados: A beginner’s guide and eight to try - Decanter

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   • 30&40 Extra Old 10 Year Old Calvados. Independent bottler 30&40 has a single cask range and a range of blends. This is a blend of four Calvadoses from three producers, aged between 10 and 28 years.
   • Avallen Calvados. This is a young Calvados and very approachable. You’ll find notes of crisp, light apples overlaid with floral notes. It’s great for mixing into a cocktail or spritz.
   • Christian Drouin Caroni Angels Calvados. This Calvados is matured in oak for 17 years before soaking in former Caroni rum casks for a further eight months.
   • Didier Lemorton 30 Year Old Domfrontais Calvados. Domfrontais Calvados is harder to find in the UK, but thankfully this is a fine example and good value too.

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3. www.olivemagazine.com › recipes › baking-andCalvados-poached pears with cardamom custard and sesame brittle

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   Aug 23, 2022 · Make a calvados and perry syrup, then poach pears in it and serve with sweet-savory sesame brittle and lashings of silk cardamom-infused custard for a stylish autumnal pud.

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4. drinkcalvados.com › en › recipePoached pear, Calvados and spices - Calvados France

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   Mix water and sugar with star anise, cin­na­mon and car­damom in a saucepan. Peel the pears. Add Calvados to the syrup. Poach the pears in the syrup for 40 minutes. Place a sheet of parch­ment paper of the same dia­met­er on the pan. Make a soft butter.

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6. onthesauceagain.com › 26 › a-quick-guide-to-calvadosA Quick Guide to Calvados - On the Sauce Again

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   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 ...

7. www.independent.co.uk › extras › indybestBest calvados apple brandy to sip and to mix | The Independent

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   Best pear dominant calvados – Calvados Domfrontais hors d’age domaine pacory, 42%: £39.95, Masterofmalt.com. Best calvados for drinking over ice – Domaine Dupont VSOP calvados, 42%:...

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8. www.brandyclassics.com › 03 › the-taste-of-calvadosThe Different Tastes of Calvados - Brandyclassics

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   Mar 5, 2018 · The pear drop aroma and taste is most noticeable in young calvados. With long barrel ageing it is significantly reduced because the calvados builds a richness which masks the pungency of the Perry pear. One of the best examples of this is the 1969 vintage by Dupont, a firm that has worked hard to nurture quality in their fine spirits.

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   Where is Calvados made?

   • The Normandy region of France is full of orchards producing fruits to be made into cider and then to Calvados. What is Calvados? Calvados is a type of French brandy or eau de vie made mainly from apples, although some pears can also be used.

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   What does a Calvados taste like?

   • Some producers use large 1000 to 10000 litre vats for ageing. The common tasting notes include cooked apples and pears, oak spice, vanilla, honey, butterscotch, walnut and even leather. The older the Calvados, the deeper the flavours will be. Like with whisky, several spirits will be blended to create the perfect balance of flavours and aromas.

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   How much fruit is needed to make a Calvados?

   • Around 18kg of fruit is needed to make 13 litres of cider, which will then produce one litre of Calvados (before it’s been aged and diluted). Calvados must be aged for a minimum of two years in oak before it can be bottled and sold (the exception being Calvados Domfrontais, which requires a minimum of three years).

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   What is Calvados famous for?

   • There is a lot to discover when it comes to Calvados. This historic apple brandy, or apple eau de vie, dates back to the 1500s. The Normandy region of France is full of orchards producing fruits to be made into cider and then to Calvados. What is Calvados?

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   Where does Calvados come from?

   • But where Cognac and Armagnac are based on grapes, Calvados begins life in the orchards of Normandy as apples and pears. Its 300 producers make about 6 million bottles each year, half of which head overseas. Given this, it might seem odd that the UK doesn’t see more of it. Truth be told, le calva spent the last few decades in the doldrums.

   Calvados: A beginner’s guide and eight to try - Decanter

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   How is Calvados governed?

   • Calvados is governed by three sets of overlapping AOC regulations. Each one has slightly different rules on the type of still that may be used and the proportion of apples and pears that can go into the mix. The Calvados AOC is the main appellation and extends over all of Normandy.

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10. www.normandythenandnow.com › the-very-specialThe very special Calvados Domfrontais – a visit

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    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.