Roger Groult, Jurancon Cask Finish 13YO Bottled 2020, Calvados Pays d'Auge

This bottling is a touch on the divisive side, I think. It's a real stunner of a bottle, that's not the issue, it's just the influence of that Jurancon cask is unmistakable. It lends the normally orchard-driven and bone-dry Groult Calvados a caramelized stone fruit quality, sort of a peaches and butterscotch feeling along with a denser texture that I would normally get out of Groult. I immediately wanted a cobbler of some kind (the dessert, not the shoe maker. Unless they were an especially sweet shoe maker) or some extra decadent triple cream cheese. I know it would be overkill for breakfast, but I bet this would be absolutely banging with some proper buttermilk biscuits and country ham.