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Pierre Huet Calvados AOC Pays d’Auge Cordon Argent 20 years

French Cider and Spirits

700 ml | 40% ABV
PIERRE HUET

RECENT AWARDS: Gold Medal: General Agricultural Competition Paris 2011

CERTIFICATION: Calvados Pays d'Auge (Protected Designation of Origin)

AGEING: Minimum of 20 years in oak barrels.

REFERENCES
The Calvados, Cordon Argent Pierre Huet, is served in prestigious restaurants as: L’Auberge du Pont de Collonges, restaurant of Paul Bocuse or Le Cafe Dessirier, one of the most seafood restaurant in Paris owned by Michel Rostang.

This Calvados is an aged and finely blended Calvados where the youngest spirit used in the blend is 20 years old. 

Inviting aromas of apple tart, salted butter caramel, and sugared apples greet the nose with a touch of mint and rancio. The palate is nutty with a touch of caramel and vanilla, culminating in a luxuriously complex finish with dark chocolate and clove.

Pierre Huet Calvados AOC Pays d’Auge Cordon Argent 20 years

This 20-year-old (minimum) blend follows the strict Calvados AOC guidelines that require single-distillation in a traditional column still called an “alambic á colonne.” The fermented cider that is used for making this Calvados (called calvados cidre) is fermented for 12 months in hundred-year-old oak barrels before being distilled. After continuous distillation, the resulting spirits are put in oak barrels once again and aged for a minimum of 20 years.  The cellar master blends this Cordon Argent 20 years by carefully selecting the brandies that display the most supple yet complex characteristics. Savor in a small brandy glass.

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KYSTIN OPALYNE CIDER BRUT

French Cider and Spirits

750 ml | 4.5% ABV
Cider

TASTING NOTES: Minutely hazy old gold color. Aromas and flavors of honey roasted apples, and nuts, dried pear, and strawberry jam, with a supple, bright, finely carbonated fruity medium to full body. A delightfully deep and flavorful French cider for all occasions.

RECENT AWARDS: Gold Medal, 95 points Beverage Testing Institute

Producer—Sasha Crommar
Sasha Crommar, founder of Kystin Cidres, launched the Kystin brand and cidery five years ago in Brittany, France. He just recently opened his boutique cider store in Vannes, Brittany. His goal is to create an innovative brand. He draws on his AOC expertise, Normandy apples and his ties to Brittany to guide his cider making. He currently has 5 hectares (12 acres) planted in orchards in Normandy. A human-sized enterprise and simplicity are important to him. Sasha is striving to create surprising yet subtle flavors - ones that you are happy to drink with your everyday meals and holiday meals. He encourages consumers to think of cider as a refreshing beverage that can go with anything – seafood, chicken, veal – not just crepes!

This traditional Brut Cidre is produced in Brittany, France, from apples grown in the Pays D'Auge area of Calvados. Primarily doux (sweet) and doux-amers (bitter sweet) apples are used in its production giving this beautiful, golden cider a range of complexity that is easy to enjoy. Great for first time drinkers of French cider. 

Aromas and flavors of honey roasted apples and nuts, dried pear, strawberry jam, pineapple shrub and a hint of baking spices.  (Beverage Trade Institute, Gold Medal, 95 points). A hint of apricot and caramel as well. Serve chilled in white wine glasses or stemmed cider glasses. The 330ml (12 oz.) bottle is just right for one or two people. Produced by Sasha Crommar, this cider is a wonderful example of the artisanal approach that Sasha brings to each of his ciders. Subtle yet commanding, it fulfills all your expectations for a classic Brittany Brut cider.

ate an innovative brand. He draws on his AOC expertise, Normandy apples and his ties to Brittany to guide his cider making. He currently has 5 hectares (12 acres) planted in orchards in Normandy. A human-sized enterprise and simplicity are important to him. Sasha is striving to create surprising yet subtle flavors - ones that you are happy to drink with your everyday meals and holiday meals. He encourages consumers to think of cider as a refreshing beverage that can go with anything – seafood, chicken, veal – not just crepes!

This traditional Brut Cidre is produced in Brittany, France, from apples grown in the Pays D'Auge area of Calvados. Primarily doux (sweet) and doux-amers (bittersweet) apples are used in its production giving this beautiful, golden cider a range of complexity that is easy to enjoy. Great for first-time drinkers of French cider. 

Aromas and flavors of honey roasted apples and nuts, dried pear, strawberry jam, pineapple shrub, and a hint of baking spices.  (Beverage Trade Institute, Gold Medal, 95 points). A hint of apricot and caramel as well. 

Serve chilled in white wine glasses or stemmed cider glasses. The 750ml(12 oz.) bottle is just right for a group of friends.

Produced by Sasha Crommar, this cider is a wonderful example of the artisanal approach that Sasha brings to each of his ciders. Subtle yet commanding, it fulfills all your expectations for a classic Brittany Brut cider.

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Kystin Opalyne Brut 330ml Cider

French Cider and Spirits

330 ml | 4.5% ABV
Cider

TASTING NOTES: Minutely hazy old gold color. Aromas and flavors of honey roasted apples, and nuts, dried pear, and strawberry jam, with a supple, bright, finely carbonated fruity medium to full body. A delightfully deep and flavorful French cider for all occasions.

RECENT AWARDS: Gold Medal, 95 points Beverage Testing Institute

Producer—Sasha Crommar
Sasha Crommar, founder of Kystin Cidres, launched the Kystin brand and cidery five years ago in Brittany, France. He just recently opened his boutique cider store in Vannes, Brittany. His goal is to create an innovative brand. He draws on his AOC expertise, Normandy apples and his ties to Brittany to guide his cider making. He currently has 5 hectares (12 acres) planted in orchards in Normandy. A human-sized enterprise and simplicity are important to him. Sasha is striving to create surprising yet subtle flavors - ones that you are happy to drink with your everyday meals and holiday meals. He encourages consumers to think of cider as a refreshing beverage that can go with anything – seafood, chicken, veal – not just crepes!

This traditional Brut Cidre is produced in Brittany, France, from apples grown in the Pays D'Auge area of Calvados. Primarily doux (sweet) and doux-amers (bitter sweet) apples are used in its production giving this beautiful, golden cider a range of complexity that is easy to enjoy. Great for first time drinkers of French cider. 

Aromas and flavors of honey roasted apples and nuts, dried pear, strawberry jam, pineapple shrub and a hint of baking spices.  (Beverage Trade Institute, Gold Medal, 95 points). A hint of apricot and caramel as well. Serve chilled in white wine glasses or stemmed cider glasses. The 330ml (12 oz.) bottle is just right for one or two people. Produced by Sasha Crommar, this cider is a wonderful example of the artisanal approach that Sasha brings to each of his ciders. Subtle yet commanding, it fulfills all your expectations for a classic Brittany Brut cider.

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La Chouette Cidre Rose The French Cider 330ml

French Cider and Spirits

330 ml | 4.5% ABV
Cider

TASTING NOTES: Bright deep rose color. Sweet, savory aromas and flavors of dried cranberry, red current, rhubarb, figs, sweet heirloom tomato, pimento, and applesauce with a round, vibrant, fizzy, sweet medium body. A concentrated rosé cider packed with flavorful sweetness.

RECENT AWARDS: Gold Medal, 90 points, Exceptional, Tasting.com 2018 World Championship

Producer—Pierre-Henri Agnes

La Chouette—which means “the Owl” in French—refers to the surprising bond between this elusive night bird and French cider. Traditionally, many farmers in northwest of France made their own cider with apples from their orchards. Often, the farmers made their cider in barns, where the owls could be seen watching over the production from their perches under the roof. Thus La Chouette has always looked after French cider and continues to look over our cider today.

Located near the stunning Mont Saint-Michel World Heritage site, La Chouette is produced in the cradle of France’s cider-making region. Cider-making has been a part of Pierre-Henri Agnes’ family tradition for three generations. Like Norman farmers of their time, both of Pierre-Henri’s grandfathers crafted traditional farmhouse cider (“cidre bouché”) with cider apples from their orchards or by buying cider apples and using the services of a mobile cider press and mobile Calvados still (a very popular approach in the 1940s to 1970s). When Pierre-Henri and his friend Alex decided to launch their cider company, Pierre-Henri remembered the story of an owl that would fly over his grandfather’s farm and dwell under the roof in the main building where his grandfather would store the fermenting apple juice. 

Process

La Chouette is insistent on finding the perfect balance between sweetness and tartness by combining both sweet and bittersweet apples, in the purist tradition of French cider-making. La Chouette only uses dedicated cider apples (never table or eating apples), always uses 100% pure apple juice (not reconstituted apple juice), and has no added sugar, water, coloring, or flavoring. Using these traditional, authentic, French cider-making methods gives La Chouette a pristine apple taste.

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Whistlepig Smokestock Straight Rye Whiskey

750 ml | 43% ABV
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