Roger Groult 18 Year Pays D'Auge Calvados

A blend of calvados aged a minimum of 18 years based on cider apples from Pays d’Auge area, this was double distilled over wood fire and blended and aged in old French oak casks. This has a remarkable balance in the nose with delicate but present aromas of cooked apple, clove, nutmeg, pastry dough, butter, fallen leaves, beeswax, brown sugar, and cinnamon. The palate is well balanced with just the lightest suggestion of its proof with flavors of buttered toast, cinnamon, caramelized apples, fall leaves and spices, and a wet stone minerality to finish. - D&M TASTING NOTES

“An honest, benchmark Pays d’Auge blend, the Aged 18 Years is deep amber in color with a big, expressive nose. Warm aromas of buttery caramelized apples, which then give way to deeper, complex aromas of worn leather, beeswax, and fallen leaves. In the mouth, silky and expansive, with an underlying earthiness, balanced by juicy freshness and baking spice on the midpalate. But it’s the long finish, dry and savory, with profound, autumnal notes of apple peel, fruit stem, dark chocolate, and wet stone that’s extraordinary for a Calvados of this age.” - 96 PTS, JASON WILSON, VINOUS MEDIA (11/2018)