Domaine du Manoir de Montreuil - Calvados Pays d'Auge Reserve (750ml)

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Domaine de Montreuil is known for making excellent Calvados on its 74 acres in Pay d'Auge, Normandy, where the estate has thousands of trees and hundreds of cows who do everything but pick apples. As cows roam around the orchards eating vegetation, they aerate the soil with their hooves while spreading free organic fertilizer, thereby maintaining an eco-system of friendly bugs, birds, and bacteria without much need for human intervention. When the apples are ripe, all Patrice Giard has to do is make cider, ferment it for 12 months sur lie, double distill, and then leave it in seasoned oak. After 13 generations of brandy making, the Giard family has plenty of old Calvados sitting in the cellar. The Reserve is a 6–9 year selection matured in a variety of French oak before it’s reduced to 84 proof with rainwater for a smooth, soft brandy showing fresh apples, apple pie, and pipe tobacco.