Maison
Périgault

We are a third-generation family cider-producing estate next to the Haras du Pin (Le Pin stud farm). We offer guided tours of our property by appointment, as well as direct sales of our products on-site.

The Perigault family estate is nestled in the heart of the Gouffern forest, on the edge of the Orne Pays d’Auge area. We have been per­petu­at­ing the tra­di­tion of cider-making since 1920, har­vest­ing our fruit exclus­ively from our 3,000 apple trees in our tra­di­tion­al high stem and low stem orch­ards planted with about 30 vari­et­ies of cider apples.

The entire prop­erty was cer­ti­fied organ­ic in 2015i and every year we pro­duce our own cider, com­pletely and nat­ur­ally fer­men­ted from apple juice, on-site. Our savoir-faire and exper­i­ence, com­bined, where appro­pri­ate, with a few modern tech­niques intro­duced by Gérald, are the driv­ing forces behind our pro­duc­tion, which focuses on qual­ity rather than quant­ity. We are com­mit­ted to per­petu­at­ing this savoir-faire and delighted to wel­come our cus­tom­ers to the estate to tell them more about our high-qual­ity bever­ages made using eco-friendly prac­tices: apple juice, cork-sealed farm cider, perry, cider vin­eg­ar, Pom­meau de Nor­man­die, Apéri’go, Pays d’Auge Calvados.

A favour­ite stop with tour oper­at­ors on the Normandy tour­ist cir­cuit, right next to the 926 depart­ment­al road between Argentan and the Haras Nation­al du Pin (Le Pin nation­al stud farm) (10 km), we offer groups guided tours hosted by the owner (by appoint­ment): vis­it­ors will see the har­vest­ing equip­ment and the press before enter­ing the cider cellar and dis­til­lery, where the work­ings of the typ­ic­al Pays d’Auge pot still will be explained. After walk­ing through the Calvados ageing cellar, there will be a tast­ing of apple juice, cider, perry, Pom­meau, apéri’go (a house spe­ci­al­ity) and a whole host of Pays d’Auge AOC Calvados. This tour, which lasts between 45 and 90 minutes, can be booked by tele­phone or email.

The estate has just been entirely ren­ov­ated, with tar­macked roads, car and coach park­ing, and toilets.