Spirits Brandy

Calvados

96 drinks · 32 styles · 53 notes · 13 notes · 80 producers · 108 notes

Distilled from cider or perry rather than from wine, aged at least two years in oak and bottled at 40%. Whether it is a brandy at all depends on where you stand: United States federal law names Calvados one of thirteen types of the class brandy, while EU law reserves brandy for spirit made from wine and files Calvados as a fruit spirit. This site follows the American reading, because a reader looking for it looks beside Cognac.

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