Domaine Lesuffleur - Friardel Cidre de Normandie (750 mL)

Friardel Cidre de Normandie is made with a blend of apples harvested from a high-branch orchard with large trees that are 50-100 years old. The blend of over 12 varieties here has a higher percentage of bitter apple at 49% blended with 36% bittersweet and 15% sharp. Spontaneously fermented using ndigenous yeasts. Aged for 12 months on fine lees in bottle before being disgorged.  Named for the area from which the orchard is located: Friardel is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.  From the Pays d’Auge appellation in Normandie France (though not using the designation).  About Domaine Lesuffleur: The Lesuffleur family has grown apples and produced cider in Normandy for generations. Benoit learned his craft from his grandfather, Roger Lesuffleur - a well-reputed cidermaker in the Pays d’Auge and the first to sell the family’s cider commercially. However, his father was less focused on continuing the family business, preferring to make