Dupont Calvados VSOP Aoc Pays D'Auge

Calvados is distilled from specially grown and selected apples, of which there are over 200 named varieties. It is not uncommon for a Calvados producer to use over 100 specific varieties of apple to produce their Calvados The fruit is picked (usually by hand) and pressed into a juice that is fermented into a dry cider. It is then distilled into eau de vie. After two years aging in oak casks, it can be sold as Calvados. AOC Calvados Pays d'Auge is the most highly controlled and best quality of the Calvados appellations. Here, apples from the Pays d'Auge are distilled in a copper double still and must be fermented for a minimum of six weeks