Christian Drouin VSOP Calvados

Founded by Christian Drouin senior, the estate is now run by the third generation of a passionate family. The Drouin family has always had the ambition to make the world better acquainted with a unique spirit with a 500-year history: calvados.
Calvados Christian Drouin is located in a historic 17th century Norman farmhouse in the Pays d'Auge. The company offers an offers a unique collection of old vintages dating back to 1939. Thanks to a meticulous work of ageing, each vintage offers a unique style. The most demanding wine lovers can thus find the bottle the bottle to their taste. The vintage of a calvados indicates the year of distillation.

The Drouin Calvados assemblies have stood the test of time in a consistent style combining precision, balance and complexity of flavours, balance and complexity of flavours. Each blend highlights the evolution of the apple's aromas over the years spent in barrel. Gradually, the alcohol becomes more refined and complex through the oak containers. Young calvados, Blanche and Selection are the bases used in cocktails by the greatest bartenders who are looking for fruit aromas. The Reserve, VSOP, X.O or even the Hors d'Age offer the possibility of gourmet combinations with cheeses, pastries, desserts or even chocolates.


Christian Drouin is also a creative know-how with numerous Calvados in limited editions and an inventive work of ageing. In association with the greatest names in the world of spirits, Christian Drouin's "experimental" range develops a surprising and intense palette of aromas. range of surprisingly intense aromas.
The estate is also the source of several Normandy Gins. Christian Drouin's Gin is a richly flavoured recipe, composed of 8 botanicals and over 30 varieties of apples. The Gin is also available in a barrel-aged version at calvados. Carmina explores the aroma of red fruits while Pira is a recipe based on perry pear.
Finally, apple juice, cider ciders, perries and pommeau de Normandie are also made with care to sublimate the apple and the pear in all their states.

Created by the State to highlight French companies with excellent craft and industrial know-how, calvados Christian Drouin has been awarded the Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant label. They have also been awarded 258 medals in spirits competitions and are exported to more than 50 countries around the world.

Produced in the Pays d'Auge from bitter, bitter-sweet, sweet and sharp cider apples by double distillation in copper stills, VSOP is aged in small previously-used casks, including some former wine casks. The blend also contains some sprits aged in former fortified wine casks, adding further sweetness and complexity

Tasting Notes

Wild nose of fresh apple peel, baked apple pie, white chocolate and dried flowers. A rich, savoury palate unfolds more flavours from the orchard and finishes with warm notes of oak and juicy fresh stone fruit.