Berry Bros, & Rudd Calvados Pays d'Auge, Christian Drouin (40%)

Berry Bros, & Rudd Calvados Pays d'Auge, Christian Drouin (40%)

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Berry Bros, & Rudd Calvados Pays d'Auge, Christian Drouin (40%)

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Since the early 1960s, three generations of the Drouin family have been growing apples, making cider, distilling spirit and patiently ageing it to become absolutely first-class Calvados. For our Berry Bros. & Rudd Calvados primarily refill casks are used which allows the gentle beauty of the orchards to shine though, unimpeded by a surfeit of wood. Effervescent cider on the nose combines with subtle spice and soft oak as the palate progresses. The finish leaves no doubt as to the painstaking attention to detail at every step of the production: it’s every bit as satisfying as sinking one’s teeth into a crunchy Norman pomme!

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Christian Drouin Calvados

Christian Drouin Calvados

The story of Drouin calvados began around 1960. There was nothing to indicate the Christian Drouin the elder, an industrialist from Rouen, was destined to make a career in spirits. Nothing, that is, apart from his taste for good food and good wines. When he bought a farm in Gonneville he decided to use the cider apple orchards to produce calvados. His aims were simple: produce a top-quality spirit, the best. "My father transmitted to me the calvados virus", says the younger Christian Drouin, who has today given the family business a world-wide reputation. The brand is now sold as far a field as the USA and Japan in more than 40 countries. The third generation is now hard at work. It maintains the traditions that have enabled the estate to become one of the 100 "sites of excellence in taste" selected by the ministry for culture. In 1995 the European foundation awarded the estate its European Prestige Grand Prix for the whole of its production, which represents the quintessence of calvados.

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