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Calvados is a type of brandy or eau-de-vie that is named after its home region in Normandy. Unlike most other celebrated French brandies like cognac and Armagnac, calvados is made from apple cider rather than wine. Occasionally, it can also be made from pear cider or perry as well.
Learn how calvados apple brandy is made in Normandy, France, and read about its ingredients as well as the different types you can drink.
Calvados is distilled from cider made from specially grown and selected apples, from over 200 named varieties.
- 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 · How Is Calvados Made? Calvados production begins with apples and pears, but these fruits are smaller and more tannic than the ones you might pick up at the supermarket.
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Apr 26, 2024 · Calvados is made mostly from apples, with an allowance for a small amount of perry pears, a term used for small, tannin-packed pear varieties used to make cider. All fruit used also must be...
A great spirit requires painstaking work and a unique savoir-faire. 3 million trees and 300 producers perpetuate the age-old tradition of Calvados-making.
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