Family-owned business
Michel Hubert
Michel Hubert is the producer associated with the family company Les Vergers de la Morinière (Pays d'Auge, Normandy), known for the production of vintage Calvados and other cidric products. Production is farm-based, with raw materials sourced from the estate's own orchards.
- La Fresnaie-Fayel (Orne) · Normandy (Pays d'Auge) · France
- 1 product
The story
The Hubert family has been active in cidric production for generations; the Les Vergers de la Morinière site documents a family presence of over five generations. Michel Hubert continued production and began distilling regularly from the 1980s; in 2008 he gradually handed over management to his daughter Astrid Hubert, who expanded the product range.
Production philosophy
Production linked to the territory and the family farm: use of owned orchards with multiple varieties of apples and pears, traditional cider processing and production of vintage Calvados aged in wood. Published information indicates an approach focused on fruit quality and local tradition.
Territory
Pays d'Auge, Normandy (Orne department). Company headquarters: La Morinière / La Fresnaie-Fayel (Gacé area).
Production method
Farm-based cidre production with natural fermentation of the cider, followed by double distillation in a traditional pot still and aging in oak casks/foudres; vintage Calvados (single-year vintages) are offered.
Distillation
Double distillation in a traditional pot still (discontinuous / repasse style); commercial descriptions reference the double distillation typical of Pays d'Auge.
Ageing
Aging in large oak casks (foudres / century-old vats); vintage Calvados with extended wood aging are offered.
Characteristics
- Type
- Family-owned business
- City
- La Fresnaie-Fayel (Orne)
- Categories
- Calvados Pays d'Auge
- farm-based producer of cider and fruit eaux-de-vie
- Pommeau AOC
- liqueurs and cidric products
- Raw materials
- cider apples (various varieties)
- pears
- Casks and ageing vessels
- French oak
- large century-old casks / foudres
- Representative products
- Calvados Michel Hubert 2004 Pays d'Auge 70cl
- Les Vergers de la Morinière — Calvados Pays d'Auge (millésimes vari)
What makes it distinctive
- Family-owned company with cidric and Calvados activity across multiple generations (Les Vergers de la Morinière).
- Production of vintage Calvados Pays d'Auge (e.g. 2004) with traditional distillation and wood ageing.
- Owned orchards with multiple varieties of apples and pears used in production.