CHRISTIAN DROUIN
CHRISTIAN DROUIN
DISTILLERY: Christian Drouin, France
ABV: 41.5%
AGE: 21 Years
CAT: ‘Early Landed’ Calvados
BATCH: #1
RRP: £174.95 inc VAT
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ABOUT THIS BOTTLING
We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to That Boutique-y Brandy/Calvados Company with this 21 Year Old Calvados.
This is a particularly intriguing Calvados from Christian Drouin. The story for this one begins at the very end of the year 2000, when the spirit was distilled.
Distilled under Appellation Calvados Pays D’Auge Contrôlée, meaning the ciders may contain a maximum of 30% perry pears, and pot still distillation is mandatory.
A sherry cask full of the spirit was sent over to Bristol for maturation (similar to how some Cognac is "early landed").
This is a real treat for any Calvados aficionado, one of only eight ‘'early landed' casks ever to be produced. Since that time, laws have changed meaning Calvados can no longer be aged outside of Normandy - so this sort of thing will not happen again, making these bottles extremely rare!
NOSE
Rich, fruity and floral. Delicate orchard blossom followed by stewed apples, caramelised poached pears. raisins and Medjool dates.
A complex, and dvine nose
TASTE
Complex and beautifully balanced. Notes of cinnamon baked apples and a delicate wood spice. Waxy wood polish, roast nuts, and raisins. Drying, waxy finish.
Just beautiful!
ABOUT THE LABEL
Our label, designed in-house, designer Toby Dowling has a number of stories tied up in it, as you’d expect. The Lionheart is a reference to Coeur de Lion. The distillery has the trademark for spirits, but a little while back, that budget Camembert brand issued them a cease and desist so they don't use it any more. The route is the route the cask took, Ms Sherry Wood is obvious, and, the stamp shows the cows grazing beneath the high-trunk apple trees they have.
