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Daron Fine Calvados, Normandie, France

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Average Price $37 (USD)
(Approx, ex-tax, all vintages)

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Grape Variety: Eaux-de-Vie

Eau-de-Vie (Eaux-de-Vie in the plural) is French for 'water of life' and refers to a wide variety of fruit-based distilled beverages. The production process for eaux-de-vie is very similar to that for most other spirits; the raw material is harvested, crushed and fermented, and the resulting must distilled in order to separate impurities from the alcohol. The resulting beverage is bottled at somewhere between 35% and 50% ABV.

The fruits used to make eaux-de-vie are commonly orchard fruits such as apples, pears, plums, cherries and blackberries. Grapes can also be used, although grape-based spirits (e.g. Cognac and Armagnac) are usually categorized as brandies. The latter have an amber hue developed during ba ... more


Region Hierarchy
  • Calvados

    Calvados is an eau-de-vie made from apples – and sometimes pears – grown in the orchards of north-western France. The region most commonly associated with Calvados is Normandy (its main production area), but in reality the product can come from any of more than 1550 parishes spread over nine departements in France's north-western corner. The name Calvados is taken from the administrative department of the same name.

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  • France

    France is arguably the world's most important wine-producing country. For centuries, it has produced wine in greater quantity – and of reportedly greater quality – than any other nation. Wine is ingrained in French culture at almost every level of society; it is the drink of both the elite and the common people, and a key symbol in Roman Catholicism, France's majority religion.

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