Roger Groult Calvados Sherry Cask Finish 46% 700ml Sweet Wines

Roger Groult Calvados Sherry Cask Finish 46% 700ml Sweet WinesRoger Groult Calvados Pays d'Auge Sherry Cask Finish 46% 700ml a long aged Calvados Pays d'Auge from Roger Groult, finished in ex Oloroso sherry casks. The Groult family has farmed the orchards and distilled Calvados at Saint Cyr du Ronceray in the Pays d'Auge continuously since 1864. Distilled from cider made by the family's own orchards (Pays d'Auge AOC double distillation in copper alembic stills), aged in Norman oak, then finished in former

made with fresh red fruit rather than the oak-driven character of the Reserva and Gran Reserva styles

creating a wine that's both delicate and impressively structured

Nose: Delicate and balanced

February 2022

Roughly 15% is aged in wood (both barriques and demi-muids) and this is blended with the steel-aged remainder

and like the nose

garnish with a slice of orange

Aged in oak barrels more than 18 months after the blend Aromas of fresh fruit with hints of honey

and cheeses

Heavy menthol and fennel blast then slightly drying finish

and sweet wine

with delicate bubbles