Family-owned farm

Le Lieu Chéri

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A Norman farm and producer specializing in apple-based products: Calvados Pays d'Auge, Pommeau de Normandie, cider, juices and apple liqueurs. Family-run operation working on traditional orchards with direct on-site sales.
Calvados Pays d'Auge Pommeau producer of cider and juices artisanal apple products on-site sales and visits
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Calvados Pays d'Auge Pommeau producer of cider and juices artisanal apple products on-site sales and visits

Representative products

Calvados Pays d'Auge 10Y 70cl - Boxed - Le Lieu Cheri

Raw materials

cider apples

Casks and ageing vessels

French oak
Distillation and production

Distillation and production

Production method

Processing of apples harvested from the estate orchards into cider, juice, Pommeau and Calvados; activities include pressing, cider fermentation, distillation and barrel aging. The farm has facilities and premises (press, still, cellars and barrel rooms) visitable by appointment.

Distillation

Double distillation in a discontinuous copper pot still (specified for the Calvados).

Ageing

Aged in oak barrels; the Calvados 10Y label is aged 10 years (as indicated on product sheets).

Producer history Le Lieu Chéri

Le Lieu Chéri is a family business active for four generations of the Desfrièches family. The first cider sales date back to the 1930s; in 1946 production expanded to Calvados A.O.C. Pays d'Auge to allow bottled commercialisation. Subsequent generations followed (Fabrice joined in 1971, Alexandre in 2005) with production updates, and in 2018 the farm obtained the Haute Valeur Environnementale (H.V.E.) certification.

Production philosophy

Production oriented towards respect for the territory and traditional practices: promotion of local apples and on-farm processing with attention to quality, transparency and a short supply chain; open to the public through on-site sales, visits and tastings.

Territory

Pays d'Auge, Normandy (Touques Valley). Based in Ouilly-le-Vicomte, Calvados department, France.

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