Michel Huard-Guillouet Vintage Calvados, Single Barrel #159, France (2013) Fleury can be served neat as

can be served neat as an aperitif or to accompany dessert

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

The soil is poorer and sits on a rocky limestone bench at the top of the hill as the slope tapers down and it becomes more clayey

Vine Age: Planted in 1989

Planted in 2015

Michel Huard-Guillouet Vintage Calvados, Single Barrel #159, France (2013) Fleury can be served neat asThis 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