Domaine du Tertre Single Cask 15 Year Old Calvados 2006

Domaine du Tertre Single Cask 15 Year Old Calvados 2006 is a single cask Calvados Pays d'Auge distilled in 2006 and aged 15 years in a French oak cask, bottled at cask strength, 56% ABV, in a 750mL bottle with no additives. The domaine, run by brothers Michel and Hubert Havard, farms more than 45 acres of orchards — certified organic since 2017 — planted to some 40 apple varieties that see zero chemical treatment. It is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.

• Proof / ABV: 112 proof (56% ABV, cask strength)
• Style: Single cask Calvados Pays d'Auge
• Age: 15 years
• Vintage: 2006
• Size: 750mL
• Producer: Domaine du Tertre, Normandy
• Origin: Pays d'Auge, France

Fifteen Years in One French Oak Cask

Du Tertre works the slow way: the cider ferments for about a year in used oak and is distilled only when the juice is totally free of sugar, on a ten-plate Orthez column still by a traveling distiller. The domaine's casks then rest 15 to 20 years, and every one is bottled at its natural cask strength with nothing added — this 2006 cask is a single-barrel snapshot of a vintage, not a blend. It sits at the top of our Calvados shelf, alongside the classic blended age statements of Chateau du Breuil 15 Year, and earns its place in our rare and top shelf collection. Browse the full brandy range for more Normandy.

Tasting Notes

K&L's buyers call the 2006 “soft, rich, and oozing with baking spice, intense earth, and cooked pomme fruit — the top of the line for 15+ year old Calvados.” At full cask strength the baked-apple depth runs long, with the spice and earth of a long French oak rest.

How to Enjoy

Neat, after dinner, in a tulip or snifter — give it air and let the cooked apple and baking spice unfold. A few drops of water will loosen the cask-strength frame without thinning the fruit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is it really a single cask?
Yes — one French oak cask of 2006 distillate, aged 15 years and bottled on its own at cask strength.

Are the orchards organic?
The domaine's 45+ acres were certified organic in 2017 for orchard farming and cider production, and the same practices — 40 apple varieties, zero chemical treatment — are followed for the Calvados.

How is it distilled?
The cider ferments about a year in used oak, then a traveling distiller runs it on a ten-plate Orthez column still once the juice is completely dry.

What proof and size is it?
56% ABV at cask strength, in a 750mL bottle.

Order Domaine du Tertre Calvados 2006 online from Del Mesa Liquor in San Diego, CA — a vintage single cask from one of Normandy's smallest domaines.