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Roger Groult - Reserve Ancestrale
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Calvados “Réserve Ancestrale” (perpetual blend of very old Calvados, age unknown) is the exceptional culmination of our range. Its woody, spicy aromas of candied apple and licorice make it a rare spirit. Annual production is deliberately limited in order to preserve the very old strain of Calvados in this vintage.
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Provenance
- Type
- Calvados
- Producer
- Roger Groult
- Country
- France
- Region
- Normandie
Technical
- Vintage
- Grapes
- ABV
- Size
- Ageing
- Serving
- 18° - 20° C
- Drinking window
Key characteristics
About this calvados
Roger Groult - Reserve Ancestrale
Roger Groult makes Réserve Ancestrale in Normandie, northwest France. It is a Calvados, the apple brandy of the region, bottled at 40% abv and presented as the culmination of the producer's range.
The nose is woody and spicy, with candied apple and liquorice at its centre. Together these notes make it a rare spirit, with the depth you would expect of a blend of very old Calvados.
Réserve Ancestrale is a perpetual blend of very old Calvados. Calvados is distilled from fermented apple in Normandy, and this bottling shows the woody, spicy side of the style.
For guests who prefer a composed drink to a straight pour, The Ancestral Reverie is the signature cocktail for this Calvados.
The Ancestral Reverie
Ingredients
- 45 ml Roger Groult Reserve Ancestrale Calvados
- 20 ml Cognac VSOP
- 15 ml Dry Vermouth
- 10 ml Crème de Violette
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 dash Peychaud's bitters
- 5 ml Honey syrup (1:1 ratio)
Method
- Add all ingredients to a mixing glass filled with large ice cubes.
- Stir continuously for 45 seconds until the exterior of the glass becomes frosted.
- Strain through a fine mesh strainer into the chilled glass.
- Express the oils from an apple peel over the surface of the cocktail.
Serve
Serve in a crystal coupe glass chilled to -15°C. Garnish with a single, paper-thin apple slice suspended on the rim and a crystallized violet placed at the base of the glass. Present with a small card noting the Calvados provenance and vintage year.
