Distillerie Devoille Eaux de Vie Poire William
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I bet you are wondering how they get the pear in the bottle. It may seem like magic, but it is a pretty simple process. In the spring when the buds of the pears start to break, these bottles are placed over the buds so the pears grow in the bottle! In late August-early September, the bottles are harvested and cleaned gently and thoroughly before being filled with the brandy. Only the best pears from the South of France and the Rhone Valley are selected because the quality of the brandy depends on the quality of the pear. As the pear soaks up the brandy, more is added to keep the bottle full. The 'Pear Williams' Brandy is a fruity and smooth brandy with a fantastic pure pear bouquet. Keep the bottle in the freezer and enjoy in a frosted spirits glass as a digestif after a meal or as a cocktail. Distillerie Devoille is one of the most famous distillers in all of France. Started in 1859 in the founder Xavier Devoille's home, it was Xavier's son Paul who built Devoille into a business by making a reputation with Kirsch Brandy and Absinthe, which was later banned. The firm is still run by the Devoille family, and they have added William's Pear (Poire William), Raspberry, Mirabelle Plum and Old Plum to the Kirsch Brandy. Devoille is one of the last Distilleries to continue to age their brandies (technically this is brandy, but the French give it the much more poetic name of eau de vie or 'water of life') in glass demijohns in their attic. The reason they do this is twofold: 1) Aging in glass demijohns keeps the color of the brandy clear 2) The warming of the attic in the summer causes evaporation of volatile alcohol which is lovingly called le part des anges ('the part for the angels').

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