Michel Huard-Guillouet Vintage Calvados, Single Barrel #159, France (2013) Fleury bottled near the end of

bottled near the end of the ambient yeast fermentation (ancestral method)

can be served neat as an aperitif or to accompany dessert

and the elevation is 513 meters

The soil is poorer and sits on a rocky limestone bench at the top of the hill as the slope tapers down and it becomes more clayey

such as to never allow alcohol in excess of 13

Michel Huard-Guillouet Vintage Calvados, Single Barrel #159, France (2013) Fleury bottled near the end ofThis is a vintage, single cask Calvados drawn from Barrel #159, distilled from heirloom Norman apples that were pressed in the autumn, allowed a long, cool cider fermentation over winter, then distilled in copper to preserve fruit purity and spice. It matured a decade plus in well seasoned French oak in Huards cool, humid chai and was bottled from a single barrel with minimal reduction, without coloring or chill filtration. The profile is classic and