Christian Drouin Calvados Selection

The Christian Drouin Calvados Selection is bright, fruit-forward and refreshingly modern. It showcases the crisp vitality of Normandy apples and pears with clarity and elegance—ideal for both sipping neat and mixing in elevated cocktails.

Origins & Craftsmanship

Produced in the Domfront region of Normandy, France, Christian Drouin’s Calvados Selection combines apple and pear distillates—leaning on the sharp freshness of pears and the rounder smoothness of cider apples. The spirits are distilled in column stills and aged in older, neutral casks to retain the fruit character rather than overlay heavy oak. The result is a lighter, lively Calvados-style brandy bottled at 40% ABV.

Tasting Profile

Nose: Fresh orchard breeze—ripe apples, green pear, subtle floral blossom and a hint of pressed apple-juice sweetness.
Palate: Clean and crisp with sweet apple and pear core, some citrus peel lift, light spice (perhaps white pepper) and a mineral chalkiness emerging from the age and fruit skins.
Finish: Dry and lively—green-apple skin, faint astringent orchard-wood tannin, gently herbal under-notes and a brisk, fresh aftertaste that invites another sip.

Quick Overview

93 POINTS, FINALIST, GREAT VALUE | Ultimate Spirits Challenge 2016
91 POINTS | Ultimate Spirits Challenge 2014

"Among the large houses are more focused producers like C. Drouin... kind of Billecart-Salmon to Boulard's Veuve Clicquot, to put it in Champagne terms. Drouin's Calvados are always excellent, even inexpensive bottles like the Sélection." - Eric Asimov, New York Times