Domaine de Montreuil Calvados Pays d’Auge ‘Selection’ Hot on Sale

Domaine de Montreuil Calvados Pays d’Auge ‘Selection’
In the Pay d’ Auge, nestled between the apple orchards and black & white cows, the Giard family has been distilling apples into some of the finest Calvados for 12 generations. 74 acres of apple orchards (3,000 trees)have been planted in the traditional haute tige method. After an eleven month fermentation ‘sur lie’ and a double distillation, required by AOC law, the brandy is transferred into well-seasoned oak barrels and aged for 3yr.
– Appellation: Pays d’Auge
– Bottled at 3 years old
– 100% Apple
– Distilled twice (by law) at the domaine
– 88 proof, enabling it to stand up to the most bold cocktail modifiers
– Soft and sweet, maintaining great acidity, pronounced grip and notes of green apple and baking spicemaintaining great acidity, pronounced grip and notes of green apple and baking spice.