Region: Normandy, Pays d’Auge
Color: Deep Copper
Aroma: Peppery Honey
Tasting Notes: Opulent flavors of stewed apples, oaky vanilla, brioche and caramel cremes.
Apple Variety: 100% Groult Orchard Apples
Alcohol Level: 41%
Process/Technique: Cider aged up to two years before double distillation. Alambic’s are fired with wood not gas for a gentle heat. Groult carefully controls the distillation and only takes the very heart of the 1st and 2nd pass for the final product.
Notes/Facts: Made by Jean-Pierre’s grand-father Leon Groult, this Calvados is extremely jammy with vanilla notes ; in the mouth, it’s very round, with intense flavors of cooked apples.