Domaine de la
Duretière

An organic family farm, with 17 hectares of orchards, located in the Calvados Domfrontais, Calvados, and Pommeau de Normandie appellations. Calvados apple growers and producers.

Our family farm is loc­ated in Nord-May­enne, in the Calvados Dom­fron­tais appel­la­tion. We pro­cess the fruit from our own orch­ards where the terroir is suit­able for the cre­ation of products rich in aromas and fla­vours. Our orch­ards grow a host of local vari­et­ies of bitter and sweet cider apples includ­ing “Petit Fre­quin rouge”, “Dam­elot” and “Tar­dive de la Sarthe”. These are care­fully selec­ted and blen­ded for the craft­ing of our products that include apple juice, cider, Pom­meau de Nor­man­die and Calvados. With ances­tral vari­et­ies of perry pears, our per­ries, Calvados Dom­fron­tais, and “Douceur de poiré” aper­itif have a fruity, rustic char­ac­ter spe­cif­ic to the Dom­fron­tais region which makes our products the per­fect accom­pani­ment to food.

The apples and pears are har­ves­ted, mashed and then pressed to obtain a juice which is slowly fer­men­ted. The dis­til­la­tion is car­ried out in our Orthès still. The res­ult­ing Calvados are aged in 100 to 400-litre oak bar­rels, lend­ing the products an amber hue and oaky aromas.

Come along for a free visit to our Musée du Cidre (Cider Museum) loc­ated on the farm, which includes sceno­graphy and activ­it­ies to help you learn about the pro­duc­tion of the juice, cider and Calvados. You see old tools of the trade and videos of the meth­ods used today.

The tour of the farm takes you on a short walk through the orchards.

Chil­dren can learn about cider pro­duc­tion with our spe­cial children’s games booklet.

You will also have a chance to try our products.