G.E. Massenez "Pomme Prisonnière" Calvados | Apple Brandy with Whole Apple | 40% ABV Additive-Free 106 Proof (53% ABV)

106 Proof (53% ABV)

oak-centric Cask Regimen First-fill sherry-seasoned American oak + refill sherry casks ABV 44

the legendary Tuscan estate best known for its flagship Sassicaia

and a gentle dryness

G.E. Massenez "Pomme Prisonnière" Calvados | Apple Brandy with Whole Apple | 40% ABV Additive-Free 106 Proof (53% ABV)There are very few bottles in the world that stop people in their tracks before they've even tasted the contents the Massenez Pomme Prisonnire is one of them. A full grown apple, impossibly suspended inside an intact bottle, immediately raises the question every customer will ask: how did that get in there? The answer is part horticultural patience, part Normandy craft tradition, and entirely the point. But this is not a novelty. G. E. Massenez has