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Calvados & Cider Flashcards

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What are the 3 AOC of Calvados?

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  • Calvados AOC
  • Calvados Domfrontais AOC
  • Calvados Pays d’Auge AOC
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How is Calvados distilled and aged?

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  • 2x in a copper pot still
  • Aged min 2 years in oak casks
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What is the premier region of production?

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Calvados Pays d’Auge

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What is the newest region of production?

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Calvados Domfrontais

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What are the % for perry (pear cider) in the various Calvados appellations?

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  • **Max* 30% - Pays d’Auge
  • Min* 30% - Domfrontais**
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How is Calvados Domfrontais produced?

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By continuous still

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How old is Vieux or Réserve Calvados?

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3 years

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How old is Vieille Réserve, VO, or VSOP Calvados?

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4 years

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How old is XO / Hors d’Age / Extra / Napoléon Calvados?

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6 years

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How are young Calvados (less than 3 years) labeled?

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Fine Calvados

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May cidre produced in Pays d’Auge AOC contain any pears?

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No, it must be 100% apples

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What is the AOC for cidre in Brittany?

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Cornouaille AOC

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What is cidre bouché?

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Cider bottled under champagne-style cork

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What is the min pressure for Pays d’Auge cidre?

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3 atmospheres

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What is the mandatory encépagement/assemblage for Pays d’Auge cidre?

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  • >70% bitter varieties, max 15% acidic varieties
  • No one apple may make up more than 60% of the final blend
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What is the appending subzone of Pays d’Auge for cidre?

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Compare cidre and poire.

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  • Cidre: more tannic and full-bodied (like red wine)
  • Poire: higher acid and more elegant (like white wine)
18
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A cidre with an abv of 9% will produce more or less Calvados than one with 4.5% abv?

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What is Pommeau de Normandie?

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Pommeau de Normandie

  • Mistelle of Normandy
  • Produced from apple must and AOC Calvados
  • Aged at least 1 year in oak
20
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What are the 2 types of training for apple and pear trees in Calvados?

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  • Haut Tige (high stem, lower density)
  • En Basse Tige (low stem, higher density)
21
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Along with Fine, what terms indicate a Calvados from Pays d’Auge of at least 2 years of age?

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  • Trois Étoiles
  • Trois Pommes
  • VS
22
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What 2 terms indicate a Calvados with at least 3 years age?

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Vieux Réserve

23
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Along with VSOP, what terms indicate a Calvados with at least 4 years of age?

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  • VO
  • Vieille Réserve
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