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How 'Bout Them Apples?
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How 'Bout Them Apples?

My guide to Calvados, with my top-20 bottle picks, and my annual holiday plea to splurge a bit on the best apple brandy.

Jason Wilson
Nov 02, 2022
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At the Christian Drouin Calvados estate in Normandy

A busload of German tourists had just left the tasting room of Calvados Christian Drouin, leaving me all alone with a glass of the 1963 bottling, a particularly memorable vintage. This was about eight years ago, and it was one of those booze moments I’ll always remember.

Guillaume Drouin, Christian’s son…

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