Pierre
Huet

SLocated on the “Route du Cidre” (Cider Route) in the heart of Normandy’s Pays d’Auge, Domaine Pierre Huet comprises 30 hectares of orchards growing 25 varieties of cider apples. Since 2010, the distillery has been using an innovative heating system unique within the Normandy region: wood chips.

Loc­ated on the “Route du Cidre” (Cider Route) in the heart of the Pays d’Auge, between Caen and Lisieux, the Pierre Huet family estate has been com­bin­ing tra­di­tion and innov­a­tion since 1865. The family has become a master of the del­ic­ate art of blend­ing and, through the sales of its high-qual­ity Calvados, has acquired an excel­lent reputation.

Its farm shop in Cam­bre­mer sells Calvados as well as ciders, Pom­meau de Nor­man­die, apple juice, crèmes and liqueur.

Craf­ted with a price­less savoir-faire passed down over five gen­er­a­tions, Domaine Pierre Huet’s products have been awar­ded sev­er­al medals at the Con­cours Général Agri­cole de Paris.

During the guided tour, the dif­fer­ent steps of the slow trans­form­a­tion of the apple into Calvados are explained (press, ageing cellar and dis­til­lery). Vis­it­ors enter into a world where the focus is on family tra­di­tion and quality.

The press and the wood-heated still are fas­cin­at­ing, of course, but it is in the cel­lars con­tain­ing the 100-year-old bar­rels where you will be cap­tiv­ated by the subtle and delight­ful fra­grances. Delect­able aromas, sweet scents, fruity and woody nuances… you will taste all the won­ders that the Pays d’Auge has to offer!