The Pierre Huet estate spans 30 hectares of orchards composed of high and low stem apple trees, and over 25 varieties of cider apple. The company’s history began at the Manoir La Brière Des Fontaines in Cambremer in 1865 with François Huet, who distilled Calvados only for his personal use. The eponymous company was founded instead by his son Pierre, who began selling his father’s Calvados, notably to famous chefs such as Paul Bocuse, Taillevent and Guérard. Since 1921, the business has won countless awards at competitions. It produces Calvados, pommeau, cider and other apple and pear-based products.

A Pays d'Auge Pierre Huet 1893 cognac, from a few years after Pierre Huet, son of founder François Huet, took over the business. It was Pierre who began selling the Calvados produced by his father in 1865, notably among some of France’’s leading restaurants.