Review #: 454
Description: Roger Groult Calvados Kriek Cask Finish
Spirit: Calvados
Background: This is a Calvados from Roger Groult that was aged for 5 years before spending another 2 in Kriek casks. Kriek is a Belgian lambic beer made from sour Morello cherries. I believe the Calvados uses apples as the base (as pears are allowed too). This sounds super interesting and I’m ready to jump in. This is cask #397.
Distillery – Roger Groult
Bottler – Roger Groult
Brand – Roger Groult
Selection – N/A
ABV – 47.3%
Age – 7 Years
Nose – Lot’s of apples, tart cherry, little touch of dark chocolate, sweet bread, there is that sour beer tang in there but it works perfectly with the distillate
Taste – Sweet, red apple, almost more light grape than distinctly apple or cherry, ginger, baked cherry tart, chocolate
Finish – Baked apples, cherry stays tart but brightens up a bit, sour funk comes in and takes over your tongue until the next sip
Score: 6
Would I buy a bottle? I think so. Looks like it was around $100 if not less and it’s super interesting
Thoughts: Was thinking about giving this a slightly higher score as it is really tasty, but it’s not super wide in its flavors. It really hits the apple and cherry and sour notes perfectly that I really enjoy. If you don’t like sour beer or lambic, you might be put off from this, but to me it strikes a great harmony between that and the calvados.