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Normandy is the emblematic region of the apple, it is found in all its forms including a variation of several golden alcohols that the whole world envies us. These beverages hide know-how from several generations, several centuries or even almost a millennium. Cider, Calvados and Pommeau are all linked in their production process but all have secrets that you can discover by visiting the region's estates and distilleries.
At the origin of the three Norman alcohols

Ripe apples at the point and fallen from the tree is made a juice which, after fermentation for several months, gives rise to cider whose bubbles roll along the palate, allowing the flavors of the apples to explode in the mouth.
Normandy. In the Pays d'Auge the ciders are slightly sweet and tart, which makes them refreshing and gives them an alcohol content between 3,5% and 4.5%.
To know ! Only semi-dry ciders meeting very specific specifications can obtain the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) Pays d'Auge.
Calvados
Cider is born Calvados, aromatic nectar with a beautiful ruddy color. After long fermentation of the cider it is then distilled twice for long months before being put in oak barrels where it is peacefully left, to age and to refine. Two years are however minimum for it to obtain the AOC Calvados Pays d'Auge appellation.
The Pommeau
Cider and Calvados allowed the creation, in 1982, of Pommeau, sweet and powerful at the same time mixing these two alcohols. The Calvados used is at least 2 years old then the mixture is left to age for 18 months, its alcohol level then reaches around 18%.
Discovering the distilleries
Calvados Experience, a multi-sensory museum

Calvados Père Magloire, the Experience
The 5 senses Calvados from Château du Breuil

Château du Breuil
At Calvados Christian Drouin

Calvados Christian Drouin
At the Busnel distillery

Busnel SAS Distillery
At the Domaine de la Pommeraie

Domaine de la Pommeraie
At the Manoir d'Apreval

The Cider Route

The Cider Route is a 40 km tourist route that takes you through roads to the most beautiful manors, the most beautiful castles and the most beautiful typical villages of the Pays d'Auge. Along this route, you will find more than fifteen producers who will invite you to come and taste their best cider in their cellar. You will also be able to meet other manufacturers of handicrafts such as wool or dairy products.
Cocktail trend!

The combination of Calvados and vanilla
Château du Breuil was inspired by the delicious apple-vanilla blend to make a light and delicate aperitif combining Calvados, apple juice and vanilla. Enjoy with a few ice cubes or slip in as a secret ingredient in your culinary preparations.
Gin version cider
Alcohol of Dutch origin, gin is made from juniper berries. Calvados Drouin has taken this ancestral knowledge dating from the 30th century to create its own vintage combining juniper berries, herbs, plants and more than XNUMX varieties of cider apples. The result is fine on the palate with the presence of rose and lemon, sweet and spicy with almond, vanilla, ginger and cinnamon.
Fresh apple flavors with white
The Blanche cuvée du Manoir d'Apreval is obtained by distilling and clarifying ciders, then fermenting them for 6 months. This traditional Norman brandy has notes of fresh apple, ideal as a base for cocktails.
Caramel cream-colored Calvados
Even more suave and intense than a cuvée aged in barrels, the Calvados cream. With its beautiful caramel color, the Calvados Busnel liquor gives off aromas of dried and toasted fruit to be savored in small sips as a digestive or in a round cocktail on the palate.
Taste the Trou Normand!
The Norman hole is a small glass of traditional regional Calvados drunk between two courses. It restores the appetite and promotes digestion. Today the Norman hole is more and more served with a scoop of sorbet, often with apple.
Meet the head bartender of the Hotel Barrière Le Normandy Deauville

Arrived at the Bar of the Hôtel Barrière Le Normandy Deauville in 1988, Marc Jean is today Chef Barman and king of cocktails. The Normandy has become his second home, a place where he creates original cocktails behind which there are always hidden anecdotes he has lived with the biggest celebrities. The barman likes to bring up to date the Norman alcohols of the Pays d'Auge like Calvados which he slides into a signature cocktail "Le Normandy" alongside the Pommeau and champagne.
Our favorite : the “a man and a woman” cocktail with raspberry brandy, blackberry cream, orange juice and champagne produced in homage to the eponymous film shot by Claude Lelouch in 1966 shot in Normandy and on the Deauville stages .
Discover local beers!
The Bel Orge Brewery


Bel Orge Brewery
Paillette beer
