Michel Huard 2016 46% (2022 bottling)

Young AOC Calvados from Huard. Let’s go! 

Colour: Hay, green lights. Irregular medium tears.

Nose: OHard cider and muesli scents at first. A touch of grassy notes in the background. Fresh and sharp kind of Calvados. A few malted notes tend to soften the sharpness with air. Hints of gueuze beer shades too.

Palate: Sharp attack, with cider apple bitterness and fresh spiced notes of cloves and cardamom. Extreme acidity on yuzu and lime in the aftertaste. It ends on white pepper and menthol. Swoooosh.

Last Notes: Oily, briny notes of olive and anchovies. Fresh apple juice, of course. Leather cream. Back on the palate, you get a few buttery notes. Nice mouth length, still with a high level of acidity. Perfect oak integration, if you ask me.

Fresh, vivid and surprising kind of Calvados. But that’s no surprise coming from this very talented estate.

My very subjective note: 88/100