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1963 Christian Drouin Les Millesimes 1963 (44 yr b. 2007) Calvados Brandy 700ml
Christian Drouhin S.A.S.
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1963 Christian Drouin Les Millesimes 1963 (44 yr b. 2007) Calvados Brandy 700ml

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1963 Christian Drouin Les Millesimes 1963 (44 yr b. 2007) Calvados Brandy 700ml
99 Points
"I’ve tasted this vintage in a number of bottlings over the past decade,

but this one, 54 years old and bottled in 2017, was the finest Calvados I

tasted for this report. This deep amber spirit is the one of the

strangest, most complex spirits I’ve ever encountered. There are

aromas and flavors of both forest and patisserie – butterscotch, pine,

mushroom, chocolate, exotic spices. At the heart, however, there is the

feeling on the midpalate of biting into the perfect homemade apple

tart, which lingers through the miles-long finish. After my last tasting,

Christian Drouin himself told me that he’d almost made the decision to

destroy this vintage in the 1990s because it had become so

undrinkable – a testament to how profoundly the aging process

transforms spirits. (AOC Calvados, 42% abv.)"
—Jason Wilson-Vinous Media
Vintage: 1963
Region: France,Other
Country: France
Bottle Size: 700ml
Producer: Christian Drouhin S.A.S.
Age: 44
Proof: 84
Christian Drouhin S.A.S.
1963 Christian Drouin Les Millesimes 1963 (44 yr b. 2007) Calvados Brandy 700ml
99 Points
"I’ve tasted this vintage in a number of bottlings over the past decade,

but this one, 54 years old and bottled in 2017, was the finest Calvados I

tasted for this report. This deep amber spirit is the one of the

strangest, most complex spirits I’ve ever encountered. There are

aromas and flavors of both forest and patisserie – butterscotch, pine,

mushroom, chocolate, exotic spices. At the heart, however, there is the

feeling on the midpalate of biting into the perfect homemade apple

tart, which lingers through the miles-long finish. After my last tasting,

Christian Drouin himself told me that he’d almost made the decision to

destroy this vintage in the 1990s because it had become so

undrinkable – a testament to how profoundly the aging process

transforms spirits. (AOC Calvados, 42% abv.)"
—Jason Wilson-Vinous Media
Vintage: 1963
Region: France,Other
Country: France
Bottle Size: 700ml
Producer: Christian Drouhin S.A.S.
Age: 44
Proof: 84