Dupont Famille 20 Year Pays D'Auge Calvados

PRODUCER NOTES:

TASTING: “EYES - Copper color with slightly orange glints. Clear and bright; NOSE - Powerful, round, with aromas of dry hay, candied fruits (apples, stone fruits), slightly smoky notes; MOUTH - Fruity and intense, quite textured. Aromas of candied fruits supported by a woody vanilla note, pastry notes of brandied grapes. A nice liquorice bitterness on the finish.(42% ABV)”

PRODUCTION: "The apples are mixed, crushed and pressed. The apple juice is fermented right out to give cider to be distilled. Double distillation is carried out 1 month after the fermentation has taken place. The first distillation gives the "petite eau" at 30% by volume and it is the second distillation, that of the "petite eau" which gives the Calvados. It is aged twenty years minimum. In wooden vats and toasted 400 litre (88 imp gallon) oak barrels."

TERROIR: Clay and Oxfordian marl soil.
VARIETIES: 80% of bittersweet apples; 20% of acid apples
HARVEST: From September to November

SERVING SUGGESTIONS: “At room temperature, accompanied by a cigar or a dessert based on apple and chocolate (mousse or cake)”