Dupont 20 Year Old Pays d\'Age Calvados - 42% 70cl

Calvados 20 Year has been aged for at least 20 years in a wooden vat and toasted oak barrels.

The apples are mixed, crushed and pressed. The apple juice is fermented right out to give cider to be distilled. 

Double distillation is carried out 1 month after the fermentation has taken place. The first distillation gives the "petite eau" at 30% by volume and it is the second distillation, that of the "petite eau" which gives the Calvados.

Aging: Twenty years minimum. In wooden vats and toasted 400 litre (88 imp gallon) oak barrels.

Terroir - Clay and Oxfordian marl soil.

Varieties - 

80% of bittersweet apples
20% of acid apples

Harvesting - From September to November

Alcohol cont - 42 % vol.

Nose: Powerful, round, with aromas of dry hay, candied fruits (apples, stone fruits), slightly smoky notes.

Palate: Fruity and intense, quite textured. Aromas of candied fruits supported by a woody vanilla note, pastry notes of brandied grapes.

Finish: A nice liquorice bitterness on the finish.