Asta Morris Calvados 40 Year
$624.99
40-year-old Calvados! As soon as we saw this we knew we knew we had to bring it in. From Belgian indie bottler Asta Morris (under their Asta Maurice brand) comes this four-decade-old apple brandy. Calvados can be a truly incredible spirit that is far too often overlooked. If you have an appreciation for well-matured spirits, this is a must-try.
Cask #AMF004 was distilled in 1980 and bottled in 2021, yielding only 150 bottles.
45%
New Harbour Distillery Brandy
$61.99
From the Producer
"Proudly South African, this Cape Alchemist Brandy is unfiltered and raw. It’s created by our Chief Alchemist through a magical, scientific process and aged for three years. This results in a soft, fruity expression with full-bodied fruitiness and nutty undertones. The finish is smoky, long-lasting and infinitely characterful."
40%Abv
Bridgeland R-Gewurtztraminer Brandy
$64.99
Brandy, made in Calgary by Bridgeland Distillery.
45% ABV
Producer Description
"This Gwurztraminer Brandy is distilled from 100% Gewurztraminer grapes from St.Hubertus in Kelowna BC. This Brandy was aged for 4 years (VSOP) initially in a cask made from French Limousin toasted oak, then in a Taber Corn Berbon Barrel!"
Opim Marquis De Saint-Loup Calvados
$42.99
Hennessy XO
$287.99
An excellent Cognac from one of France's best-known producers! Hennessy may make a lot of Cognac, but the quality is behind the name. Complex spice and fruit notes, and a long, long finish make this XO simply outstanding. One to enjoy by the fireplace on a cold night.
As of March 31st, 2019 a Cognac must be aged for a minimum of 10 years to be given the XO designation.
Calvados Adrien Camut 6 YO
$109.99
The Adrien Camut 6-year-old Calvados is a perfect aperitif to serve on ice or pour on top of a French vanilla ice cream. It's like apple-scented Cognac and would also provide the perfect end to a great meal.
About Adrien Camut
Adrien Camut is a family producer of Calvados, a type of brandy made from apples in Pays d'Auge AOC. The firm dates to the 1800s and has been passed down from father to son over the generations.
Details below from calvadosonline.com:
About the Apples: "About 25 different varieties of apples are grown on the 110 acres property of the Camut family and all of them are going into the making of Calvados Camut. The upkeep of the grass under the apple trees is traditionally and exclusively performed by the cows who also bring the necessary fertilizer. No chemical product is used, the farm is run biologically. Only the oldest and most rustic types of apples are grown, they have been selected for their quality, not their profitability. The Camut family have their own tree nursery, allowing them to perfectly control the varieties of apples grown and to replant apple trees every year in March."
About the Distillation: "The distillation The apples are mashed and the juice is stored in a tank so that the fermenting process begins and the sugar changes into alcohol, slowly and naturally of course. The cider obtained from this fermenting process rests in oak barrels for ten months before being distilled in September, as wanted by the Norman tradition since centuries, whereas some other calvados producers distill their cider only a few weeks after the apples are harvested... During the first two years, the eau-de-vie is going from one oak barrel to another, so that oxidation and elimination of volatile alcohols can happen. The oak barrels used are about 50 years old and help the calvados to gain body, complexity and a wonderful colour. After two years, the now called "Calvados Pays d'Auge" is transferred into larger wooden tuns filled up to 2/3 to leave room for oxygen. The cellar has no insulation, the temperature range is good for the aging process. About 5% of the calvados will evaporate every year, the famous Angel's share..."
The Maturation: "During the first two years, the eau-de-vie is going from one oak barrel to another, so that oxidation and elimination of volatile alcohols can happen. The oak barrels used are about 50 years old and help the calvados to gain body, complexity and a wonderful colour. After two years, the now called "Calvados Pays d'Auge" is transferred into larger wooden tuns filled up to 2/3 to leave room for oxygen. The cellar has no insulation, the temperature range is good for the aging process. About 5% of the calvados will evaporate every year, the famous Angel's share... When it's time to bottle the Calvados Camut, no sugar or artificial colouring is used, there is no filtration either, the calvados is directly bottled and labelled by hand."
Boutique-y 10th Annv Calvados 21 Year
$459.99
A very rare and usual Calvados bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Co. for their 10th Birthday. 21 years old and 41.5%.
Producer Description
"We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce you to That Boutique-y Brandy/Calvados Company with this 21 Year Old Calvados. This is a particularly intriguing Calvados from Christian Drouin. The story for this one begins at the very end of the year 2000, when the spirit was distilled. Distilled under Appellation Calvados Pays D’Auge Contrôlée, meaning the ciders may contain a maximum of 30% perry pears, and pot still distillation is mandatory. A sherry cask full of the spirit was sent over to Bristol for maturation (similar to how some Cognac is "early landed"). This is a real treat for any Calvados aficionado, one of only eight ‘'early landed' casks ever to be produced. Since that time, laws have changed meaning Calvados can no longer be aged outside of Normandy - so this sort of thing will not happen again, making these bottles extremely rare!"
About the Label
"Our label, designed in-house, designer Toby Dowling has a number of stories tied up in it, as you’d expect. The Lionheart is a reference to Coeur de Lion. The distillery has the trademark for spirits, but a little while back, that budget Camembert brand issued them a cease and desist so they don't use it any more. The route is the route the cask took, Ms Sherry Wood is obvious, and, the stamp shows the cows grazing beneath the high-trunk apple trees they have."
Remy Martin Centuar de Diamant
$939.99
Courvoisier X.O.
$236.99
Courvoisier XO is made from carefully selected and aged eaux-de-vie from the Grande and Petite Champagne regions of Cognac in France. These parcels are aged between 11 and 35 years before being blended and married together before being bottled at 40% ABV.
As of March 31st, 2019 a Cognac must be aged for a minimum of 10 years to be given the XO designation.