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LE BREUIL & MAISON BOINAUD French Blended Malt Whisky “Duo de Malt Classique” (40% vol)

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Normandy

Normandy is one of the most famous destinations in France and in the world, most notably for its architecture, historic D-Day Landing Beaches, fresh-from-the-harbour seafood or cheeses like the famous camembert, symbol or ambassador of the country everywhere.

Normandy is a significant cider-producing region, and also produces calvados, a distilled cider or apple brandy. Now, Normandy is a land of Whisky! The mild, humid Normandy climate, with the sea not far off and the Touques river winding around the estate and its lake, lends itself perfectly to the ageing of Single Malts.

Chateau Le Breuil & Maison Boinaud

The result of the collaboration between two family distilleries, La Spiriterie Française, Château du Breuil – Normandie and Maison Boinaud, a new range of French whisky under the brand name Le Breuil is born.
To create this whisky, a long work of selections, tastings and iterations was carried out between Philippe Etignard, Cellar Master of Château du Breuil and the cellar teams of Maison Boinaud. A meticulous marriage between Le Breuil Single Malt – Origine and Maison Boinaud Single Malt Whisky allows to obtain balanced and complementary organoleptic characteristics of the Whiskies.

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CHÂTEAU DU BREUIL Calvados 30 ans d’âge (41%)

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Calvados

Calvados is an apple brandy from Normandy in France.
Calvados is distilled from cider made from specially grown and selected apples, from over 200 varieties. They can be bitter, sweet, acid, sour or bitter-sweet.
The fruit is harvested and pressed into a juice that is fermented into a dry cider. It is then distilled into eau de vie. After ageing in oak casks, it can be sold as calvados as following:

*“Fine”: 2 years old minimum
*“VSOP”: 4 years
*“XO”: 6 years

Three different AOC appellations exist:
*Calvados (71% of total surface): Can be obtained by apples from the whole Normandy and be distilled only once in a column still.
*Calvados « Pays d’Auge » (28%): the apples must be produced in the Region Pays d’Auge, from selected varieties. 2 distillations in a pot still are necessary.
*Calvados «Domfrontais» (1%) : produced with minimum 30 % of pears.

Château du Breuil

Located in the midst of the Calvados region (Normandy), Château du Breuil has been a distillery transforming apples into Calvados, an apple brandy, since 1954.

Built in the early 16th century, the Château has been the residence of great noble French families and now is classified as a historical monument.

It is one of the rare Calvados distilleries to have integrated orchards of apple trees in the property, total 22,000 planted on 42 hectares.

Château du Breuil company produces more than 420,000 bottles every year. It is the N°2 AOC “Pays d’Auge” Calvados producer.

By the way, do you know:
24 kg of apples
Provide around 18 liters Cider (+/- 5% Vol. Alc.)
Provide approximately 1 liter pure alcohol Calvados (100% Alc.)

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RUM EXPLORER “Marie Galante” Rhum Agricole – Selection Casks (44.6%)

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New range of Rum from Château du Breuil.
After distillation and maturation in their original country, all the rums are matured for several months in the cellars of the premium Calvados producer before being bottled. The refining by the Cellar Master is different for each origin.

THE MATURING OF THE CELLAR MASTER

This rum agricole from the French Caribbean island, Marie Galante, has been matured in the cellars of Château du Breuil, staying in oak barrels.

TASTING NOTES

COLOUR: golden
NOSE: a powerful bouquet, with fragrances of fresh sugar cane and kaffir lime. Perceptible notes of exotic fruits (pineapple, guava), spices and vanilla.
FLAVOUR: an explosive attack of sugar cane juice, citrus and ginger, progressively expanding into notes of creole spices, pepper and flowers. The finish is intense and fresh,
delivered by flavours of mocha, vanilla and orange blossom.

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RUM EXPLORER “Guyana” (43%)

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THE MATURING OF THE CELLAR MASTER

This rum from Guyana has been matured in the cellars of Château du Breuil, staying in American oak barrels.

TASTING NOTES

COLOUR: mahogany brown
NOSE: an exceptionally powerful and aromatic bouquet, with characteristic esters and banana notes, followed by mineral and olive fragrances.
FLAVOUR: powerful flavours of yellow banana, with the added complexity of red fruit, caramel and vanilla notes. A well-rounded finish of preserved fruit and oxidative notes.

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RUM EXPLORER “Canaries” (43%)

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THE MATURING OF THE CELLAR MASTER

This rum from Canary Islands-Spain has been matured in the cellars of Château du Breuil, staying in American oak barrels.

TASTING NOTES

COLOUR: orangey brown, with mahogany highlights
NOSE: exceptionally smooth and opulent. An aromatic foundation of cane juice is overlaid by notes of mild spices, honey , raisins and citrus zest
FLAVOUR: a smooth attack, progressively revealing mellow tannins with notes of light tobacco and cocoa.

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JOSEPH CARTRON “Très Vieille” Fine de Bourgogne AOC (43%)

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Fruits Liqueurs

Burgundy is not just famous for its wines but also for blackcurrant (cassis) which has been cultivated there for over four centuries. Since the famous crème de Cassis invention in 1841, the berry production has been developed. The nation’s distillers continue to produce some 16 million tons annually.
Associated with an aligoté white wine, another local speciality, Burgundy’s blackcurrant liqueur produces the famous kir aperitif. Its also used for many other recipes of cocktails.
Liqueur companies are also working with other local fruits like the Pêche de Vigne (peach from the vineyard) from the Burgundian slopes, Lloyd George Raspberries, Montmorency Sour Cherries, Chalonnaise Black Cherries or Monts du Lyonnais Soft Stone Apricot.
For Eaux-de-Vie, local companies buy local Williams pears from the orchards. And Marc and Fine de Bourgogne, the producers have supply from the best appellations in the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune areas like Chambolle-Musigny, Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée or Pommard.

Joseph Cartron

Joseph Cartron has been and remains a family business since 1882, with strong roots in the town of Nuits-Saint-Georges in the heart of Burgundy’s cru vineyards.
Since July 2011, Judith Cartron is President of the company, thus representing the fifth generation and the first woman at the head of the company.
For the production of its Crèmes and Liqueurs, the company selects the fruit varieties the closest in spirit to the Burgundian terroir, the most aromatic, those that are most likely to reveal their very singular perfume in pure alcohol and this even if they are more fragile, more costly and more difficult to find.
For the production of its Eaux-de-Vie, Joseph Cartron buys the whole harvest of Williams pears from the orchards, including the big fruits, the tastier, those usually kept for table consumption.

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CLÉMENT Vieux Rhum Agricole AOC 10 ans – Rum 10 years old (42%)

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Martinique

Martinique, a French Caribbean island, is mainly producing “Rhum Agricole”, which is obtained by distilling of sugar cane juice. This kind of rum is more aromatic. To produce 10 litres of rum roughly 100 kg of sugar cane needs to be processed.
In 1996, the Martinican Rhum Agricole obtained an AOC recognition, “Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée’’ and is the only one so far.

Like in Cognac or Armagnac, there are strict ageing conditions & appellations:
*“Rhum Blanc Agricole Martinique”: min. 8 weeks in steel tanks
*“Rhum Vieux Agricole”: min. 3 years in oak casks of mac 650L
*“Rhum Extra Vieux Agricole, XO”: min. 6 years in oak casks
All ageing & bottling must be done on the island.
No Additional Flavor & No Additional Sugar

Rhum Clément

Rhum Clément has been established in 1887 when Homère Clément, physician and mayor of Le François in Martinique, purchased a 43-hectare sugar plantation, Domaine de L’Acajou.
Inspired by the enjoyment of great brandies while studying in his early years in Paris, Homère mimicked the distillers of the great Armagnac’s of southwestern France to perfect his method of rhum production known today as Rhum Agricole.Nowadays, Rhum Clément has 8000 barrels patiently aged in their 5 historical cellars and is a leading producer of A.O.C. Martinique Rhum Agricole, exporting to 80 different countries.
Around 8% of the volume of each barrel is lost every year due to « evaporation » (or Angel share). The aging is also unique, known to go 2.5 times faster than in Europe or Kentucky due to the high temperature and humidity.

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RUM EXPLORER “Thailand” 42%

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This is a new range of Rum from Château du Breuil.
After distillation and maturation in their original country, all the rums are matured for several months in the cellars of the premium Calvados producer before being bottled. The refining by the Cellar Master is different for each origin.

THE MATURING OF THE CELLAR MASTER

This rum from Thailand has been matured for several months in the cellars of Château du Breuil. Its stay in American oak barrels gives it notes of coconut, pepper and liquorice.

TASTING NOTES

COLOR: Old gold

NOSE: A nose marked by plants with scents of liquorice, sage and bergamot. The whole is enhanced by notes of lime zest and pepper.

MOUTH: The palate is marked by warm flavors such as dark chocolate and caramel. The vegetal notes are more discreet. A final on the delicacy of coconut.

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RUM EXPLORER “Dominican Republic” 41%

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THE MATURING OF THE CELLAR MASTER

This rum from the Dominican Republic has been matured for several months in the cellars of Château du Breuil. His stay in former Port and American oak barrels brings him gluttony. A rum with sweet notes of honey, vanilla and black fruits.

TASTING NOTES

COLOR: Copper with golden reflections

NOSE: This rum expresses itself on gluttony with flavors of orange, coffee and vanilla. Notes of sour cherries and caramel coat it all.

MOUTH: The attack is frank on the flavors of coffee and cocoa. Then come the spices and discreet forest fruits. The finish is very round

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RUM EXPLORER “Belize” 41%

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THE MATURING OF THE CELLAR MASTER

The American oak barrel having contained a spirit drink based on Cognac increases the aromatic and softens the woodiness, which gives amplitude in the mouth. There are notes of candied fruit, raisins and cinnamon. Thanks to the refining, we succeed in melting the tannins and we obtain a gain in roundness.

TASTING NOTES

COLOR: Clear copper

NOSE: Its nose expresses itself on floral honey, ripe bananas and a light caramel, depth of delicate candied fruits.

MOUTH: The palate, initially light and floral, envelops the palate. Then appear notes of cooked banana, citrus fruits and cocoa. The finish is smooth with flavors of cinnamon and raisin

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