Poire Williams
⏳ Drinking Window
Best served thoroughly chilled or over cracked ice as a digestif; performs exceptionally well when splashed into dry Crémant d'Alsace or substituted for triple sec in high-acid cocktails.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Serve neat alongside tarte Tatin, dark chocolate torte with pear coulis, or pour over artisanal vanilla bean gelato.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted as a traditional fruit liqueur, this Poire Williams expression is produced by combining distilled Williams pear (Bartlett) eau-de-vie with pure pear juice and sugar syrup. Unaged to preserve the fresh, fragrant fruit profile, the spirit undergoes resting in stainless steel before filtration and bottling, capturing intense orchard aromatics without oak interference.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1959 at the southern gateway of the Route des Vins d'Alsace, La Cave du Vieil-Armand takes its name from the legendary Hartmannswillerkopf peak, where local winegrowers united after the devastation of World War I to revive the region's historic slopes. Today, this cooperative unites approximately 75 to 80 winegrowing families managing roughly 150 hectares spread across the sub-Vosgian hills between Cernay and Guebwiller. Viticulture benefits from east-to-south exposures, sheltering Vosges microclimates, and diverse clay-limestone and marno-sandstone topsoils, prominently exemplified in the Grand Cru Ollwiller and the historical Château Ollwiller estate. Farmed under Haute Valeur Environnementale (HVE 3) guidelines with expanding certified organic parcels, the estate focuses on terroir-driven precision and purity of varietal fruit. Winemaking emphasizes gentle handling and temperature-controlled stainless steel vinification, yielding expressive dry bottlings, classic Crémant d'Alsace, and celebrated, botrytis-affected Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris Vendanges Tardives and Sélections de Grains Nobles.
🍇 Base Material
None (100% Williams Pear)
🍷 ABV
45%