7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle pour, taster. @Feira da Sidra da Estrada, 03/06/2023 [#6.496 Global - #91 France - #1 Sidreria Txopinondo (My French Brewery/Cidery #38)] Cuvee especiale. Pours hazy pale yellow. No head. Aroma: green apples , dust and funk. Funk and vibrant green apples. Mild tart and mineral. Next one please!

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared with Sarah at a campsite in Logroño. Picked up from the Sidra museum near San Sebastian. A translucent bright golden yellow coloured pour with a fading white head. Aroma is dry apple, wood. Light dry funk, flint. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, prickly finish, dry apple, prickly, hint of vinegar, pepper, mellow funk. Palate is semi sweet, prickly sour fine carbonation.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 750mL bottle (pkg 19.08.22). Hazy golden yellow with very minimal white head. Underlying acidity, raw apple core, light barnyard funk, decent.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

750mL bottle, pours a bright golden with almost no head. Nose is full of moderate barnyard funk, tart apples, apple core, and some light acidity. Flavour is very tart, with tons of apple core, medium barnyard funk, some musty apple skins, and somewhat aggressive acidity. It's certainly on the tart side, but the barnyard funk character and apple core depth is very nice. Very good.

8.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle pour @TreeRock. Cloudy, dark, greasy gold. Bitter, grassy, dark, pleasantly acidic nose. Macerated, keeved sort of subtle sweetness. Juicy acidity. Lightly tart & puckered. Low vinegar. Lingering mild spice. Thick, low carbonation, finishes dry. Sulfites. Over the border Sidra. Of course it's better here.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750ml bottle pours out straw color topped with a fizzy white head. Nose is nice crisp big sweet apples some wood and funk. Taste is more of the nice apples a great sweet and dry funky combo going on.

7

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

On tap at White Horse in SLC
Pours slightly cloudy straw yellow with a small white head, no lacing. Aroma is grapes & white wine, mild woody. Flavor of grapes, apples and sulfur, dry
Good

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

75cl bottle from the Sunday market in Amboise, Loire. Shook bottle before opening, as advised, and did seem to bring a bit of life to it. Hazy gold appearance, very short lasting bubbles atop. Sour apples welcome you in the aroma. Taste is typically old-style Basque with a super tangy, complex, sour character with distinct vinegary notes. Quite a cocky fellow with sharp apple fruits, green apple and a certain under-ripe tart edge. Great for the style.

7

Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange color with a small white head. A light fruity nose. Big sweet apples, dry dusty earth. Light funk. Quite good.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at Basque Market. Pours yellow gold with no head. The aroma is funk, rubber, apple skin. Medium body, funky, tannic, lingering dry finish.