Clos Minotte Millesime Vieux Calvados 1961

Clos Minotte Millesime Vieux Calvados 1961 The name Calvados is the source of some intrigue. Several stories exist about how a very Spanish-sounding name came to represent a region of north-western France and its apple brandy. One tells of a Spanish ship named El Salvador, which was wrecked off the Normandy coast in 1588. An appendix to this adds that the ship was carrying a cargo of apple brandy, which washed ashore in barrels. Another story suggests that the name comes from calva dorsa, which means 'bare back' in Latin. This was the name given to two large, barren rocks located just off the coast near the town of Arromanches-les-Bains. Whichever story is accurate, the name was adopted for the new Calvados département which was created following the French Revolution in 1789.