Carafe Athena XO
Carafe Athena XO 12 years
Bottle 70 cl - 40% vol.
Certification :
Calvados AOC (Protected Designation of Origin)
Ageing :
Minimum of 12 years in oak barrels.
Tasting :
This is the most popular calvados for alcohol amateurs. This is a powerful calvados. Really appreciated thanks to the good compromise between woody and fruity flavour.
Serving suggestion :
To be consumed as an after-dinner drink at room temperature.
References :
Product selected by « Les Caves Taillevent », famous cellar in Paris.
Preservation :
With optimal preservation conditions (constant cellar temperature), Calvados can be kept about 10 years.
Distillation :
Our Calvados AOC is obtained by a simple distillation of cider in an “alambic à colonne” (simple distillation still).
First, the juice obtained by pressing the apples is completely fermented (12 months) in one hundred year old oak barrels.
Our still is heated by an innovative and unique process in Normandy: woodchips. Woodchips produced on the Estate serves as ecological combustible.
Calvados obtained is 70% proof. Finally the Calvados Cordon Argent ages in separate oak barrels for a minimum of 20 years.
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