Arran Angels - Calvados Pays d'Auge

For this 9th edition of Christian Drouin's Experimental range, we have chosen to turn to Scotland, the historic territory of single malts, and in particular to the Arran distillery.

The Drouin house and the Arran distillery have known each other for many years and
have been exchanging barrels for almost 20 years. We chose a 13-year-old Pays d'Auge Calvados, still marked by fruit and with a beautiful roundness, which we placed in 6 old French oak barrels that previously contained Arran whiskies.
After 6 months of maturation in these barrels, the calvados was bottled in a limited edition of 1992 bottles.

"It was a lovely and happy surprise when I asked Euan Mitchell if he would like to share some Arran casks with us. After some research, Euan told us that casks from our distillery, which had been used to mature whiskies for over 17 years, had just become available. We were delighted to see these casks return to our cellars after this long journey to Scotland!"
Guillaume Drouin


Tasting notes :
On the nose, this Calvados is delicate. It expresses all the aromas of apple, ranging from ripe apple to apple fried in butter. It then opens with notes of malt, apricot, and pear.
The palate, all finesse, is a perfect balance between roundness and acidity.
The finish has notes of hazelnut and cereals.