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Key facts

ABV40.0 % vol.
Capacity70 cl
AppellationAOC Calvados
RegionNorthwest
this bottle

CALVADOS GROULT RESERVE ANCESTRALE 70CL

  • Ageing Blend of Calvados averaging over 35 years of age, drawn from the family reserves
  • Cask Red oak casks formerly belonging to Pierre Groult
  • Grape varieties 100% cider apples from the Pays d'Auge
  • Awards Named World's Best Calvados at the World Calvados Awards 2025

The flagship of the Roger Groult range, the Réserve Ancestrale brings together the oldest eaux-de-vie on the estate, aged on average over thirty-five years and rested in the red oak casks that once belonged to the founder, Pierre Groult. Its deep mahogany colour gives way to a woody, spiced nose of coffee, clove, cinnamon and a hint of liquorice. The palate is fruity and oaky, revealing notes of walnut, and achieves a remarkable balance between power and elegance. Crowned World's Best Calvados in 2025, this rare cuvée stands as a living tribute to the history of a house founded in 1860. A collector's Calvados, to be savoured with due reverence.

NoseWoody, coffee, spices (clove, cinnamon), aged oak, candied apple, liquorice
PalateFruity, oaky, notes of walnut
FinishBalance between power and elegance

Serve with Digestif

The record

Cellar notes

Appellation
AOC Calvados
Caractéristique(s)
Woody - Expressive - Fruity
Size
70 cl
Région
Northwest
ALCOHOL RATE
40.0 °
Type de Spiritueux
XO Premium > 20 ans
Type
Calvados
Reference
CALVA_GROULT_RESERVE_ANCESTRALE
WoodyExpressiveFruity

How it is made

Réserve Ancestrale brings the ageing cycle of Groult Calvados to a magnificent conclusion. Matured and blended in casks that once belonged to Pierre Groult (1830-1918), this exceptional assembly of the estate's oldest eaux-de-vie will surprise you with its softness, its subtlety, its spices and its notes of tarte tatin. Annual production is deliberately limited in order to preserve the very old stock of Calvados.

Traditions endure: today it is Jean-Roger, the fifth generation, who, having upheld the double distillation over wood fire and other traditional methods, has the pleasure of offering you these great Calvados Pays d'Auge cuvées.

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