Pacory — Ferme
des Grimaux

In Normandy, in the heart of the Domfront region, the land of the pear, our family farm produces cider-based products originating from high stem orchards where the grass is grazed by our herd of Normandy cows.

The Pacorys have been farm­ers in the Dom­front region since the turn of the 18^th cen­tury. This Bocage coun­tryside is reputed espe­cially for its pear trees, but also for its high stem apple trees, whose fruit is pro­cessed into cider, perry and Calvados. During the day, the cows graze in the orch­ards before return­ing to the cow­shed to be milked.

The Pacroy family moved to the estate in 1939. In the face of the increase in intens­ive agri­cul­ture, Claude decided to focus on, and per­fect, the pro­duc­tion of Calvados from 1959. This is when he star­ted to sell his products in bottle.

Frédéric and Cath­er­ine moved in in 1986. They con­tin­ued to craft qual­ity products using the latest tech­niques and build­ing their know­ledge of the dif­fer­ent vari­et­ies grown in their orch­ards. Their products, par­tic­u­larly the Dom­fron­tais AOC Calvados and the Dom­front AOP Perry, reg­u­larly pick up awards.

But that’s not the end of the story! Their son, Simon, joined the busi­ness in 2013, with the same know­ledge and pas­sion for the craft that has now been passed down over three generations.

Today, the fruit comes from the farm which extends over 140 hec­tares and includes 800 high stem pear trees and 400 high stem apple trees.