Christian Drouin Hors d’Age – Exclusive Calvados from Pays d’Auge

Christian Drouin Hors d’Age is a majestic and deeply refined Calvados from the renowned Pays d’Auge in Normandy. This is a true luxury edition, aged for more than 18 years, where time, craftsmanship and carefully selected casks come together in a silky smooth and complex whole. This is Calvados for connoisseurs – intense, elegant and with an impressive depth.

Made from a classic blend of bitter, bittersweet, sweet and sour cider apples, this Hors d’Age is double distilled in traditional copper pot stills. The long maturation in former Calvados barrels adds fine, silky tannins and elegant floral and spice notes that beautifully support the natural freshness of the apple.

In the glass, Christian Drouin Hors d’Age has a deep amber color and golden hues. The aroma is complex and enticing with ripe apples, dried fruit, honey and subtle floral notes. The taste is powerful and intense, yet supremely elegant. Layer upon layer of baked apple, spices, lightly toasted oak and fine tannins unfold. The aftertaste is long, warm and harmonious with persistent fruit and refined spice.

An Hors d’Age Calvados in this class deserves to be enjoyed neat in a good glass at room temperature. Perfect as an after-dinner drink or as a sophisticated alternative to cognac.

Tasting notes

• Color: Deep amber with golden hues.
• Aroma: Ripe apples, dried fruit, honey and floral notes.
• Flavor: Intense and elegant with baked apple, spices and silky tannins.
• Finish: Long, warm and harmonious with great balance.

The House of Christian Drouin

Christian Drouin was founded immediately after World War II with the ambition to produce the world’s best Calvados. In 1960, the house began distilling their own Calvados, and around 20 years later the first bottlings were released under their own name. Since then, the house has received a host of international awards and is today synonymous with quality, tradition and excellence in Pays d’Auge Calvados.

• Product: Christian Drouin Hors d’Age
• Region: Pays d’Auge, Normandy
• Distillation: Double distillation in copper pot still
• Raw material: Bitter, bittersweet, sweet and sour cider apples
• Aging: Minimum 18 years in former Calvados casks
• Quantity: 70 cl
• Alcohol content: 40%alcohol