Apple brandy from Normandy, distilled from cider and aged in oak.
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Neat, or a small glass between courses (the 'trou normand').
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Apple brandy from Normandy, distilled from cider and aged in oak.
Neat, or a small glass between courses (the 'trou normand').
For readers of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
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