Description
- Calvados produced by seventh-generation distillers Jean-Michel, Emmanuel, and Jean-Gabriel Camut in the Pays d’Auge region of Normandy, France, at Domaine de Semainville
- Distilled from 100% apples grown in orchards planted in thehautes-tigesstyle; many of the apples are heritage varieties
- Cider is fermented in wood for 10–11 months
- Twice distilled on copper pot stills fueled by wood
- Aged a minimum of 12 years
- Reduced with rainwater and aged in large vats and tonneaux made primarily of Limousin oak and filled no higher than 75% full to promote oxidation; no new wood is used
- Baked apple crumble with crème fraiche and clover honey leads to echoing notes of fresh green apple skin, apple confit, and smoked apple with lingering baking spice
- 40% ABV
