Some of Christian Drouin's eaux-de-vie get one last stretch in old Bordeaux casks before joining Réserve des Fiefs – a detail that gives this calvados a touch usually associated with wine, not apples.
Expert description
Le Calvados Pays d'Auge de Christian Drouin Reserve is a French Calvados blended from eaux-de-vie aged at least three to four years, partly in small oak casks and partly in ex-Bordeaux casks, bottled at 40%.
Réserve, known at Drouin as Réserve des Fiefs, combines eaux-de-vie aged at least three years in small oak casks with eaux-de-vie that has spent at least four years in used Bordeaux casks. The combination gives a golden-coloured calvados with a character sitting between the house's fresh Sélection and the heavier VSOP. The expression has won gold and the Best Old Calvados award at the World Calvados Awards.
Tasting notes
Nose
Fruit and flowers, with a touch of apple, maple syrup and citrus.
Palate
Round, with roasted apple, peach, vanilla and soft spice.
Finish
Medium length, with almond and a light, soft wine-like finish from the Bordeaux casks.
Specifications
Name: Le Calvados Pays d'Auge de Christian Drouin Reserve
Distillery: Christian Drouin
Region/Country: Pays d'Auge, Normandy, France
Type: French Calvados
Age: Minimum 3-4 years
ABV: 40%
Size: 70 CL
Cask type: Oak casks and ex-Bordeaux wine casks
EAN no.: 3297364070474
Serving suggestion: Best enjoyed at room temperature in a tulip-shaped glass.
Flavour profile
Round · Fruity · Wine-Like · Soft
Did you know?
Réserve des Fiefs is one of the few calvados where part of the ageing takes place in casks that previously held Bordeaux wine – a technique far more common in whisky and rum than in calvados.
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