Calvados, "Selection", Manoir De Montreuil

• Calvados produced by Manoir de Montreuil in Montreuil-en-Auge, France • Appellation Calvados Pays d’Auge Contrôlée • A blend of vintages made from 100% apples from orchards planted entirely in the traditional, free-standing hautes-tiges method (standard rootstock planted far apart) • Cider is naturally fermented sur lie in well-seasoned tonneaux for one year • Double distilled on a gas-fueled, copper alembic pot still situated at the domaine • Aged a minimum of 2 years in variety of lightly used and well-seasoned French oak casks; the distillate is gradually reduced with rainwater • A nose of triple crème, gentian, white pepper, fresh linen, and green apple skin extends to the fiery palate, pleasant tannin and slight salinity lingering on the finish • 44% ABV A Calvados as verdant as the Pays d’Auge countryside where it is made, this brandy made from 100% apples is bottled at a versatile 44% ABV for cocktailing.