LIMITED - Handful of bottles available. Rest are RESERVED FOR CLUB MEMBERS for our Fall Club Shipment.
Jerome Forget's (Ferme de l'Yonnière) Poire Couvee Domfront is a blend of three perry pear varieties indigenous to the Domfront area of France's Normandy region. Primarily Plant de Blanc pears, blended with Pomera and Gaubert. The pears handpicked from massive 200 year old trees, slow pressed, and then naturally/spontaneously fermented with the native yeast on the fruit/orchard. Bottled prior to fermentation completing to create a natural sparkle and a living product (pét nat method). Unfiltered. No added sulfites.
Poire Domfront has an elegant citrus, white flower and pear aromas, earthy, pure and bright. The palate is creamy and round, very dry with mineral and earth notes under the very fresh white fruits with notes of verbena and herbs. The finish is long, delicate and refreshing, just delicious!
2022 Vintage (harvest season for the fruit) newly available in the U.S. as of May 2024. Very limited!
About Jerome Forget: At Ferme de L’Yonnière, Jérôme harvests 15 hectares of high-tree orchards in which all fruit is hand-picked. His fruit trees are indigenous apple and pear varieties that are surrounded by pastures and Normandy cows - true to traditions for cider orchards in this region of France. Most of his trees are 200 years old or more and all fruit is hand picked from the ground, ensuring that only ripe fruit is collected.
Only local varieties of apple or pear are used for his cider & perry. Natural fermentation is via the ambient/indigenous yeast from the trees & pasture. This natural fermentation tends to work very slowly allowing for a lot of flavor to develop. The sparkle comes naturally from a second in-bottle fermentation. Jérôme does not use any chemicals in his pasture or in his cidery. No sulfur are added at any time so all sulfites are naturally occurring.
To shop the rest of our cider, perry, and pear cider products from . Click here to read a great interview with Jerome Forget & Adam Wells from Cider Review:
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