Manoir du Montreuil Pommeau de Normandie

Manoir du Montreuil Pommeau 
Bottled: 2025 | ABV: 17% 
Appellation: Pommeau de Normandie 

Patrice Giard is the 7th generation to run this excellent farm turning out really classy, bright Calvados. Montreuil is about 30 minutes south of the English Channel in the Pays D’Auge region, where double-distilled Calvados is the norm. 

For his Pommeau, two-year-old Calvados is blended in with fresh apple juice sourced from the family’s collection of high stemmed apple trees. 

This is a particularly interesting Pommeau for the region because it’s aged for eight years in oak before release. Most of the Pommeau on the market is not aged at all, but simply bottled after blending. This is a touch deeper and more complex than the Lemorton, excellent on its own neat but also good as a base for richer cocktails.