Christian Drouin - Le Gin - Pira - 42%
Maison Christian Drouin is located in the Pays d'Auge , in Normandy . In 1960, Christian Drouin father moved to the Fiefs Saint-Anne, near Honfleur. The farm is planted with cider apple trees and he quickly develops the desire to produce Calvados. With the help of Pierre Pivet, a renowned distiller, he spent the first twenty years distilling his cider production and storing it in buildings on the farm. In 1969, Christian Drouin Fils joined his father. Marketing began in 1979, when stocks were deemed sufficient. After 10 years spent abroad, Christian Drouin junior gives a new dimension to his Calvados and distributes them in particular to large hotels and restaurants. At the end of 1991, to satisfy the need for space resulting from the success of the estate, Christian Drouin transferred production to another farm near Pont l'Evêque. In 2004, Guillaume Drouin , third generation, joined the company. He is an agricultural engineer and oenologist and spent the first five years in the company developing exports before taking over production management and then management of the company in 2013.
Gin Pira comes from the distillation in a small copper pot still of a bouquet of fruits, spices and flowers with a dominant of juniper, Norman perry pear called Domfront, and iris root. Each herb is macerated and redistilled separately to optimize the extraction of aromas. The distillates are then blended before bottling.
