Calvados Toutain, 3 Years Old Fine Reserve

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Distillery notes: Domain La Couterie is on the northwestern edge of Haute-Normandie, in a zone originally classed during World War II as Calvados du Pays de la Risle, after the Risle River. If you like the fragrance of apples bursting from your glass, this is your boy (and there is a school of thought out there that thinks young, inexpensive Calvados is the best because it is the most primary in scent and flavor and thus the purist). Aromatically fresh and powerful, this is an ideal spirit for cocktails and for kitchen preparations.

All apples come from our own traditional high-stem apple orchards. Between September and December, the apples are picked and cleaned, then mixed, crushed and then pressed. The apple juice (must) is then stored so that full fermentation can take place. This is how the cider is produced, which is later distilled. The process of natural fermentation takes 6 to 8 months. The cider is then distilled once. When it comes out of the distillation column, the Calvados contains between 68% and 72% alcohol.