Ciders and Calvados Pays d'Auge Reception The Family Estate The Terroir and the Orchards Elaboration Range Calvados ... Ciders ... Frosted Knob Calvados cream Sparkling Tasting Newspaper Photo library News Art Contact and Visits Tourism Distributors Shop The Louis Dupont Family Estate The best ciders deserve the same attention as the best wines The Domaine Familial Louis Dupont extends over 30 hectares of orchards in Normandy, in the heart of the Pays d'Auge. The activity of the estate is the production of ciders , pommeau and calvados . Jerome Dupont Etienne Dupont For more than 25 years, the Domaine has been resolutely committed to a quality approach . Inspired by the best techniques used for cognac and grands crus, Etienne Dupont studied, experimented and refined his production techniques to reach the level of elegance and expression of the best wines. Some of these techniques, such as manual sorting of apples or even working with an oenologist, are only rarely encountered in the making of cider. As with wine, the quality of the apples remains the essential preliminary step. Cidrification then only enhances the expression of the apple and its terroir . Characteristics of the estate: vintage ciders ... a cuvée of cider aged in oak barrels ... a cuvée made using the traditional sparkling wine method ... a "sweet wine" of apples ... unreduced Calvados. Thanks to their qualities of elegance and authenticity, the ciders and calvados of Domaine Dupont are today appreciated in many countries of the world. The vast majority of production is exported. A Family Tradition: Louis-Armand Dupont Ambrose Dupont Jules Dupont Louis Dupont Colette Dupont Anne-Pamy, Etienne and Jérôme Dupont La Vigannerie in 1912 Map of the Estate in 1851 The presence of the Dupont Family in Normandy in the Pays d'Auge goes back more than 3 centuries. The oldest known archives show the birth of Pierre Dupont in 1703. En 1887, Jules Dupont s'installe comme fermier à La Vigannerie, ancien nom de la propriété actuelle. A côté de l'élevage de bovins, il produit du cidre et du calvados. C'est grâce à ses ventes qu'il parvient à racheter La Vigannerie en 1916. Son fils, Louis Dupont, lui succède en 1934. Il poursuit l'activité d'élevage de bovins de son père. Il produit aussi du calvados qu'il vend en vrac aux négociants de la région. Lorsqu'il disparaît en 1974, sa femme Colette assure courageusement la transition avec le soutien de sa famille. C'est en 1980, qu'Etienne Dupont reprend le domaine familial, succédant ainsi à son père Louis. Il étend et modernise le domaine tout en le recentrant sur la production de cidre et de calvados. L'ancien verger est réaménagé, dix nouveaux hectares de pommiers basses-tiges sont plantés. Il se rend à Cognac pour s'imprégner des meilleures techniques en matière de double distillation. Etienne Dupont est à la base de la création l'appellation contrôlée A.O.C. Pays d'Auge. In 2002, his son Jérôme Dupont joined the family estate which he took over, assisted by his sister Anne-Pamy Dupont . The modernization of the domain continues with always this demand for quality and this inventiveness which characterize the Domaine Dupont. The orchards Reception The orchards Reception DOMAINE DUPONT - 14430 Victot-Pontfol - France Tel .: +33 (0) 2.31.63.24.24 - Fax: +33 (0) 2.31.63.14.76 - Email: info@calvados-dupont.com Legal information - Photos and Website creation : Studio Amarante