When Victor Revillon founded Manoir d'Apreval in the early 1900s, on the coast between Honfleur and Trouville, he could not have known that his descendants, three generations of women, would one day be holding a bottle of calvados distilled in 1967.
Expert description
Apreval Calvados 1967 Vintage 50 Years Old is a French Calvados from a single vintage, bottled at 51%.
This calvados comes from the 1967 harvest and rested in cask for fifty years before bottling. Manoir d'Apreval sits on the coast at Pennedepie between Honfleur and Deauville, and has been run by three generations of women from the Revillon family since the early 1900s, today by Agathe Lettelier. Apples and pears are grown organically on the estate's own orchards, and the calvados is double distilled in the traditional Pays d'Auge method before being laid directly into oak casks for long ageing.
Tasting notes
Nose
Deep and complex, with dried fruit, walnut and a hint of leather.
Palate
Intense and warm, with dark fruit compote, spice and a long, full structure.
Finish
Very long, with spice, oak and dried fruit lingering well after the last sip.
Specifications
Name: Apreval Calvados 1967 Vintage
Distillery: Manoir d'Apreval
Region/Country: Pays d'Auge, Normandy, France
Type: French Calvados
Age: 50 years
ABV: 51%
Size: 70 CL
Cask type: Oak casks
Distillation method: Double distilled
Distilled: 1967
Flavour profile
Intense · Deep · Spiced · Complex
Investment potential
High. A single-vintage calvados with fifty years of ageing from a small, family-run house is extremely rare, and bottles like this tend to disappear from the market as they are consumed or collected.
Did you know?
Manoir d'Apreval has been run by three generations of women in succession – Victor Revillon's wife, his granddaughter, and today his great-granddaughter, Agathe Lettelier – which remains unusual in an industry historically dominated by men.
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