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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.
Calvados brandy comes in three different controlled appellations of origin: Calvados Pays d’Auge, Calvados and Calvados Domfrontais, the geographical production areas of which have been strictly delimited by the INAO (French National Institute of Designations of Origin).
Jun 6, 2023 · Calvados isn’t distilled from wine grapes, however. It begins as cider. While a small percentage of perry pears is permitted, the base cider is made primarily from apples. These must be grown in Normandy, where more than 200 varieties are cultivated.
Well-made calvados should naturally be reminiscent of apples and pears, balanced with flavours of aging. The less-aged calvados distinguishes itself with its fresh apple and pear aromas. The longer the calvados is aged, the more the taste resembles that of any other aged brandy.
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 ...
Calvados is a brandy distilled from apple cider or a combination of apples and pears. The fermented juice is usually double distilled to create the base of the brandy, which is then aged, and finally blended.
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Sep 21, 2023 · Normandy, in northern France, is home to nearly 20,000 acres of apple orchards that are transformed into cider and a historic brandy called Calvados. Here is everything you need to know about this famous apple brandy.
