Domaine du Manoir de Montreuil "Selection" Calvados Pays d'Auge
(Normandy, France) - [VM 93]
Regular price $57.00 Sale price $51.99 Save $5.01
About this apple brandy:
The cider ferments sur lie in a well-seasoned tonneau and stays in the large barrel for one year prior to distillation. After being double-distilled, the spirit goes into well-seasoned oak casks for 2 years.
The cider ferments sur lie in a well-seasoned tonneau and stays in the large barrel for one year prior to distillation. After being double-distilled, the spirit goes into well-seasoned oak casks for 2 years.
Cocktail Use
It shows forthcoming apple flavors, along with a touch of vanilla, smoke, spice and subtle hint of beeswax. With a higher proof than the 'Reserve', and an even brighter fruit acidity, Montreuil's 'Selection' will stand up to even the boldest cocktail ingredients & modifiers - sweet, sour, or otherwise!
It shows forthcoming apple flavors, along with a touch of vanilla, smoke, spice and subtle hint of beeswax. With a higher proof than the 'Reserve', and an even brighter fruit acidity, Montreuil's 'Selection' will stand up to even the boldest cocktail ingredients & modifiers - sweet, sour, or otherwise!
Reviews and Ratings
93 Points - Vinous Media:
"More proof that younger Calvados have a purity and depth missing from many unaged spirts. Three years old, and greenish-yellow in color, this brandy has a gregarious nose, with aromas of apple pie and even pineapple turnover. But on the palate, there is both juicy acidity and an overarching roundness, still at the relatively high alcohol level. Fresh, dry, truly drinkable, both neat and in cocktails. A great value. (AOC Pays d'Auge, 44% abv.)" - Jason Wilson (November 2018)