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- These apples come in many varieties, with flavours ranging from bitter and bittersweet to sweet and tangy. This mix of apples is essential for making balanced-tasting cider, which will be distilled into a good Calvados.
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The best calvados brandies for 2022 are: Best overall – Avallen calvados, 40%: £34.99, Virginwines.co.uk. Best silver award winner – Chateau du Breuil calvados pays d’auge 15 ans 41%: £68. ...
- Claire Dodd
- 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.
Sep 21, 2023 · At its most basic level, Calvados is a distilled apple cider—though it can also be made with perry, cider’s pear counterpart. Like other French products including Champagne, cognac, and Camembert, it has an Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC), a strict set of rules that limit where and how it can be produced.
- Audrey Morgan
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Before you go out and buy a bottle, it’s a good idea read up on the category itself. So, what is calvados? Calvados is a type of brandy made in Normandy in Northern France. In fact, calvados — just like cognacand armagnac — is a French brandy regulated by an AOC or Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (Controlled Designation of Origin). Where and how th...
There are three appellations, or regions, in Calvados. When a region is listed on the label, this means that 100% of the calvados comes from that region. Calvados:This is the largest area, and it makes up the bulk of the production at 70%. Here, a choice of either pot or column stills is allowed, but column is usually used. Calvados Domfrontais: Co...
Like any aged spirit, the more youthful bottles will be suitable for cocktails (and your pocketbooks). Meanwhile, the older and rarer calvados bottles do very well as a nightcap or paired with a cigar. And don’t forget about food pairings. Normandy cheeses such as Camembert or Saint-André will make fine accompaniments to your glass of calvados. Her...
Apr 26, 2024 · Calvados is a distilled apple cider that can be served as a digestif at the end of a meal, or used in cocktails. Learn about Calvados, the famous apple brandy from Normandy, in Northern...
- Courtney Iseman
Calvados is Normandy’s revered apple cider brandy but it is often overlooked in favour of other eau-de-vie like cognac. In this guide, you will learn everything that you need to know about calvados from its flavours and how to drink it:
Jun 6, 2023 · Calvados is an apple brandy with Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) status. It can only be produced in Normandy, much like Cognac is a specific brandy that can only be distilled from white wine made within a particular region from certain grapes.