Certification:Calvados Pays d'Auge (Certified Designation of Origin)Ageing:Between 2 and 3 years in oak barrelsTasting:First smell: newly picked apples cooked in butter followed by refreshing hints of mint. After several minutes, frank apple aroma.Serving suggestion:Fruity alcohol particularly recommended to strong « eaux de vie » lovers.- Used as a basis for cocktails.- Used forculinary preparations requiring an aromatic power and a high content in alcohol (flambéing, sauces...)- Served as well at the end of a meal in a coffee cup.References:- Silver Medal Regional Competition Cambremer 2012Preservation:With optimal preservation conditions (constant cellar temperature), Calvados can be kept about 10 years.Distillation:The Calvados AOC Pays dAuge is obtained through a process of double distillation of cider in a traditional copper still called alambic à repasse (which translates as a double distillation still). First, the juice obtained by pressing the apples is completely fermented (12 months) in one-hundred-year-old oak barrels.Our still is heated by an innovative and unique process in Normandy: woodchips. Woodchips produced on the Estate serves as ecological combustible.The cider is heated once for the first distillation. These cooled and condensed alcohol vapors are between 30 and 35% proof.The second heater is to distill the petites eaux. Only the heart of the distillation is retained. Calvados obtained is 70% proof.