Nose is lightly tart and lightly sweet apples. I used to eat crab apples off a tree we had nearly 50 years ago and they were not really sweet as afr as I can remember. Clear gold without carbonation. Flavor is a balance of light tartness (not really all that tart) and light sweetness not overpowering the tartness. There also was a bit of bitterness in there also. Quite a decent cider!