1969 Christian Drouin Vintage 1969 (47 yr b. 2005) Calvados Brandy 750ml

1969 Christian Drouin – Vintage Calvados Pays d'Auge (Distilled 1969, Bottled 2016) (750ml)

A sibling to the 1958 and equally rare — 47 years of patient aging in Calvados casks from a single harvest year. Drouin's vintage series represents the apex of Norman apple brandy, where decades of oak integration transform cider apple distillate into something closer to a great Cognac or Armagnac in complexity and depth. Expect deep amber color, dried apple, candied orange peel, baking spice, worn leather and toasted oak, with a long, refined finish that carries the weight of nearly five decades gracefully. An extraordinary collector's bottle.