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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $51.38 $54.08
6 bottles: $42.00
An impressive mix of savory and aromatic aromas is abundant on the nose. Baked white cherries, golden peach, raisins,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $108.08
3 bottles: $90.00
Big flavors of apple and pear cider, clearly holding their character through the influence of the cask, here bringing...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $47.28
12 bottles: $38.76
Aromas of fresh pressed cider are supported with a core of earthiness. Medium rich in the mouth, it pleasantly coats...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $109.60
6 bottles: $108.80
A wonderful bouquet that includes toasty scents of baked apple and baked pear and subtle aromas of brown sugar and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $79.94
6 bottles: $78.34
This eight-year-old Calvados « Finition en Fûts de Porto » (Porto cask finish) stayed several months in small...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $44.88
6 bottles: $37.20
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $35.90
The apples are a mixture of the four categories: sweet, bittersweet, acidic and bitter composed of numerous include...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $79.94 $82.80
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $44.95 $48.00
6 bottles: $44.05
A blend of young Calvados, distilled with extreme care in a copper column still. Aged more than 3 years in oak casks....
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $310.94
12 bottles: $304.72
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $49.89 $52.80
12 bottles: $48.89
Calvados made from a majority of pears can have a wild, volatile edge, that I find here in this six-year-old bottling...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $40.94 $43.20
12 bottles: $40.12
This three-year-old bottling from AOC Domfrontais is made from 70% pears and hearkens back to old-school Calvados in...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $33.94
It is distinguished by intense aromas of fresh apples. Its color is clear with pale yellow undertones. It is ideal to...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $65.40 $69.60
12 bottles: $64.09
This Hors d'Age release comes from a careful blend of barrels from three vintages. It shows deep green apple, vanilla...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $106.94
12 bottles: $104.80
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $67.94
12 bottles: $66.58
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $36.79
6 bottles: $33.31
Baked, ripe, and candied apple leap from the glass. The amber color suggests the mouthfeel - voluptuous, rounded and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $72.99
6 bottles: $71.53
Deep aromas of red apples and dark caramel. Clean and pure flavors of cinnamon, caramel custard, and baked apples all...
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Calvados Cognac France Normandy 12 Ship Free Items

For over three hundred years, Cognac has enjoyed its reputation as the king of brandies. Indeed, it is widely regarded as the finest drink to be distilled from grapes to be found anywhere in the world, and it is a testament to its producers and the master craftsmen who make it that this reputation has never faltered, and remains as strong as ever to this day.

Cognac is produced solely in the beautiful towns of Cognac and Jarnac, found about fifty miles north of Bordeaux, on the west coast of France. Here, around six thousand grape growers work exclusively in the production of white wine, used for the Cognac distilleries which are scattered throughout the region. The wines are made primarily from the Ugni Blanc or Trebbiano grape - one of the most commonly planted grape varietals in the world - which benefit from the cool, coastal climate and mineral rich soils which are found there. The wines themselves wouldn’t be suitable for drinking in themselves, as they are high in acid and low in alcohol, but this makes them ideal for distillation, and they can impart their wonderful, complex, rich flavors to the brandy.

Cognac varies quite significantly from bottle to bottle, depending on how long it has been aged for, and which appellation it comes from. The Cognac region is split into six separate Crus, all with their own distinctive characteristics, and the spirit can be aged from two years (VS) to six (Hors d’Age and Napoleon) and longer.

Year in, year out, France enjoys its prestigious reputation as the producer of the finest wines in the world. With a wine making history which spans several thousand years and owes its expertise to the Romans, it comes as little surprise that this most highly esteemed of the Old World wine countries continues to impress and enchant both novices and experts to this day. Despite the rise in quality of wines from neighboring European countries, not to mention the New World, the French wine industry continues to boom, with up to eight billion bottles being produced in recent years. However, France prides itself on always putting quality before quantity, and the wide range in fine produce is a testament to the dedication and knowledge of the wineries across the country. Indeed, from rich and complex reds to light and aromatic white wines, French wines are as varied and interesting as they are enjoyable to drink, making this country a firm favorite for wine lovers across the globe.