Calvados Coquerel Fine

Coquerel Fine is a typical, run-of-the-mill Calvados. It is heavy on the apples and quite young. I would consider this more of a cocktail Calvados then a drinking neat one, but I'm sure there are much worse choices out there. The nose is very whiskey like, with oak leading the way. On the palate I got some clove, honey and vanilla, with a faint hint of apple. The finish is short and there is a bit of burn which is not surprising with how young the spirit is. As a cocktail ingredient, I would say this is closer to a 3, but neat it's more of a 2, hence the 2.5 rating. It's not bad though, just nothing thrilling and for the whiskey drinker it may actually be more up their alley.

Goes down smooth. Very pleasant on the palate

10/13/21017 Frugal MacDoogal’s $30 + 7% sales tax. Use as a mixer, not a sipper