Roger Groult Calvados Ancestrale Pays d'Auge 40% 700ml

Roger Groult

Roger Groult Calvados Pays D'Auge Réserve Ancestrale 40% 700ml

Style Calvados
Producer Roger Groult
Origin Normandy — Pays d'Auge (St-Cyr-du-Ronceray)
Bottle 700ml
$896 / btl
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What it tastes like.

Roger Groult Calvados Pays d'Auge Réserve Ancestrale 40% 700ml — the prestige library release from Roger Groult, the family-owned Calvados estate at Saint-Cyr-du-Ronceray in the Pays d'Auge. Groult has been distilling Calvados in the Pays d'Auge for five generations — the family has farmed the orchards continuously since 1864.

Réserve Ancestrale draws on the oldest reserves in the Groult paradis, with eaux-de-vie of several decades in age blended together. Distilled from estate cider made by Groult's own orchards (Pays d'Auge AOC double-distillation in copper alembic stills), aged in Norman oak in the family cellars.

Crystallised orange peel, dried apple, dried apricot, fig, walnut, vanilla, leather and deep aged French oak. The palate is concentrated, refined and lifted, with marked rancio, sweet dried fruit, baking spice and a very long, dry close. A serious cellar-list Calvados — sip neat in a tulip glass. 40% ABV, 700ml.

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About Roger Groult.

Normandy — Pays d'Auge (St-Cyr-du-Ronceray) ·Est. 1860

Calvados Roger Groult is a five-generation Pays d'Auge distillery at Clos de la Hurvanière in St-Cyr-du-Ronceray, Normandy. The Groult family has farmed the estate since the 18th century; commercial Calvados distillation began in 1860 when Pierre Groult (1830–1918) started distilling his cider, winning the family's first gold medal in 1893. The distillery uses three traditional copper pot stills, two of which were set up by Léon Groult in the early twentieth century. Estelle, Charlotte and Jean-Roger Groult — the fifth generation — now run the operation.

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How to pour it.

  • Temperature

    Room temperature. No ice for the first pour — taste the spirit before diluting.

  • Glassware

    Tulip or copita — NOT a balloon snifter (drops the aroma).

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Why Caravan backs Roger Groult

Normandy — Pays d'Auge (St-Cyr-du-Ronceray)

The Groult family's Clos de la Hurvanière in St-Cyr-du-Ronceray, on the heights of the Pays d'Auge, has been in family hands since the 18th century. Pierre Groult (1830–1918) began distilling his estate-grown cider in 1860, founding what is now Calvados Roger Groult, and winning the family's first gold medal in 1893. His son Léon (1874–1923) developed the operation by planting additional orchards, building a second ageing cellar, and installing two of the three pot stills the house still uses today. Léon's son Roger (1905–1988) gave his name to the house and led further expansion through the mid-twentieth century.

Roger's son Jean-Pierre (1946–2008) extended the distribution across France and pioneered the family's first exports. The fifth generation — Estelle, Charlotte and Jean-Roger Groult — now manage the estate. The house works solely in the Pays d'Auge AOC, the strictest Calvados sub-appellation, requiring double distillation in pot stills (rather than the column distillation permitted in broader Calvados). The range covers the age tiers from 3 to 18 years, plus a Réserve Ancestrale — extracted from the very oldest cellar stocks. The pot-still production model and the multi-generation orchard provenance both contribute to a recognised house style of structured, mid-weight Pays d'Auge Calvados.

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