The Whisky Blues, No.083, Roger GROULT, Calvados Pays d’Auge, 19yo, 47%
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Calvados 有三大產區，這款是：
Calvados Pays d’Auge AOC
The historical heartland, famed for depth and refinement.
• Fruit base: Mostly apples; up to 30% pears allowed.
• Fermentation: At least 6 weeks, exclusively using Charentais pot stills. Distillation: Mandatory double distillation in pot stills.
• Ageing: Minimum 2 years in oak cask.
• Orchard type:At least 45% high-stem fruit required.
• Profile: Complex, layered, and elegant, with spice and oak tones — ideal for long aging.
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🌲 High-Stem Orchards
Traditional tall apple trees — deep-rooted, slow to fruit, and low-yielding but intensely flavorful.
They symbolize heritage and terroir expression, forming the backbone of aged, complex Calvados.
• Density: Up to 280 trees per hectare. Each tree is planted no less than 5 meters apart.
• Yields: Max 25 tons per hectare.
• AOC Rules:
❍ Pays d’Auge: At least 45% high-stem fruit required.
❍ Domfrontais: At least 80% of pears must come from high-stem trees.
High-Stem Orchards not only symbolize a planting tradition but are also the key to concentrated flavor and robust structure. As the trees age, their root systems deepen, allowing them to draw more stable nutrients from the soil, thus yielding fruit with a greater expression of terroir.
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🌲 Low-Stem Orchards
Modern, high-density plantings that enable mechanical harvesting and fresh, bright fruit notes — ideal for younger Calvados styles.
• Density: 280–1,000 trees per hectare.
• Yields: Max 35 tons per hectare.
• Allowed:
❍ Entirely permissible in Calvados AOC, mixed in other regions.
❍ The usage ratio for other production areas is set according to regulations.
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Tasting Notes
香氣：情人果的酸香、蜜蘋果、風乾蘋果片、漬西洋梨。
口感：揉和香蜂草的醃漬西洋梨、蘋果乾、蜂蜜、堅果。
尾韻：果味豐富略帶點草本的蜂蜜綿延、甘草、情人果乾。
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