Jules Dupont                                       Louis Dupont

The Dupont Family's history in Pays d'Auge in Normandy goes over 3 centuries. The family records mention our forebear, Pierre Dupont, born in the area in 1703, but the Family Dupont are known to have been farming in Pays d'Auge for since much earlier.

In 1887, Jules Dupont becomes a farmer at La Vigannerie, our Domain. The main activity of Jules, who was a farmer but not owner of the place yet, was cattle breeding. However, he was also producing cider and calvados.  And it is actually thanks to the calvados sales he did to the calvados bottlers of that time that he managed to buy la Vigannerie in 1916.

His sun Louis,suceeds him, maintaining the same activities than his father until 1974, date of his death. Like Jules, its main activity was cattle breeding, and he would sell calvados in bulk when needed, to the local bottlers.

It also mut be paid tribute to Colette, Louis's wife, who run the Domain from 1974 to 1980 with the help of her children.

Etienne Dupont has been in charge of the Domaine since 1980, when he took over from his father Louis and his grand father Jules. He has improved the old orchard and has planted a further ten hectares of small standard apple trees. Today, there are 27 hectares of typical varieties, that is to say 6000 apple trees, for the production of Cider, Pommeau and Calvados.

Etienne went to Cognac to learn the art of double distillation and worked in close partnership with an oenologist. From the picking of the apples to the final ageing of the Calvados, Etienne Dupont is fully committed to producing the best quality. Quality always comes first, often at the expense of the yield.

In 2002, Jérôme Dupont joined the Domaine and worked predominantly in creating the current assortment of Domain Dupont's Ciders.

"Eau de Vie De Cidre - Calvados". Bottled by Jules Dupont before 1890