Colour: Shiny amber/copper colour. Fragrance: Offers a great deal of harmony between the fruit (apple) & the delicate hint of vanilla (wood) & dried fruit. Hints of tannin from the Le Tronçay oak (with slow extraction of tannin). Taste: Powerful, intense, displaying a great deal of harmony. Hints of apple tart & dried fruit, in particular prune. Aftertaste: Exceptional persistence for all taste components. Blend: Calvados varieties of 10 to 20 years of age & above (average around 15 years). The official regulations stipulate a minimum of 6 years. At Calvados Boulard, the minimum is 10 years. The Boulard Hors d'ge Calvados is produced exclusively from blends of various Pays d' Auge Calvados varieties, the age of which varies between 10 & 20 years or above. Following a rigorous selection of complimentary characteristics, the head cellarman blends the chosen batches in various proportions. They remain in the tun for the time necessary to obtain a perfect smoothness.