Calvados Flashcards
1
Q
Calvados ***?
A
Min 2 years of oak aging
2
Q
Calvados vieux/réserve?
A
Min 3 years in oak
3
Q
Calvados VO/vieille réserve/VSOP ?
A
Min 4 years in oak
4
Q
Calvados XO/Napoleon/hors d’âge ?
A
Min 6 years in oak
5
Q
Équivalent of calvados in USA?
A
Applejack
6
Q
Name the AOP of calvados?
A
Calvados pays d’Auge AOP
Calvados AOP
Calvados Domfrontais AOP
7
Q
Which calvados AOP requires pears?
A
Calvados Domfrontais
Min 30% pears.
8
Q
When was calvados Domfrontais AOP created?
A
1998
9
Q
Name a producer of calvados Domfrontais ?
A
Frédéric and Catherine Pacory
10
Q
Name 4 producers of calvados?
A
Clos D’Orval
Père Magloire
Christian Drouin
Roger Groult
11
Q
Name a producer of fruit brandy in France
A
Jean-Paul Metté in Alsace.
Famous for poire Williams/mirabelle/raspberries
Paul Devoille for Kirsh
