Christian Drouin Sélection Calvados is a Calvados AOC bottling distinguished from Drouin’s flagship Pays d’Auge Calvados — made using both apples and pears from the Domfront region, column-distilled rather than pot-distilled, emphasizing fresh fruit notes and a lighter, more cocktail-friendly style.

Calvados is the AOC apple (and in some sub-appellations, pear) brandy of Normandy, France. The Drouin Sélection sits in the Calvados AOC category and is built around column-still distillation and the Domfront region’s pear-and-apple mix, distinct from the more traditional Pays d’Auge pot still expressions. Excellent in classic cocktails calling for Calvados (Jack Rose, Normandy 75) where the lighter, fresher fruit character carries through mixers.

Specs

• Producer: Christian Drouin, Normandy, France
• Style: Calvados AOC — Sélection (Domfront region apples and pears)
• Distillation: Column still
• Size: 750ml

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