Michel Huard-Guillouet Vintage Calvados, Single Barrel #159, France (2013) Fleury bottled near the end of

bottled near the end of the ambient yeast fermentation (ancestral method)

Planted in 2015

17% Pinot Blanc

The Gamay component is from a little farther north in Santa Barbara County near Los Alamos

Michel Huard-Guillouet Vintage Calvados, Single Barrel #159, France (2013) Fleury bottled near the end ofThis is a vintage, single cask Calvados drawn from Barrel #159, distilled from heirloom Norman apples that were pressed in the autumn, allowed a long, cool cider fermentation over winter, then distilled in copper to preserve fruit purity and spice. It matured a decade plus in well seasoned French oak in Huards cool, humid chai and was bottled from a single barrel with minimal reduction, without coloring or chill filtration. The profile is classic and