Rosé
Shacksbury in Vergennes, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Cider - Rosé Regular|
Score
6.99
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When we set out to make a rose cider, we knew we wanted to pay homage to our friends in the winemaking world. Unlike many commercial ciders that rely on food coloring or additives to achieve a “rose pink” blush, our rose gets its color and flavor from grape skins — just, as we believe, like a rose should. We start with fresh New England apples, pressed and fermented at cellar temperature; then age our cider on Syrah and Zinfandel grape skins to impart tannin, structure, and berry notes. We source grape skins from California because we cannot find a high enough quantity here in the Northeast. Together, these add up to a fun-loving but refined marriage of New England apples with traditional wine grapes, as tasty as it is beautiful.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml can from Old Shoe, Sheffield. Pinkish golden colour, white foam head and aroma of apple, ripe fruit, grapes, berries hint. Taste is sweet, appley, some skin and core, with grape & light berry notes, some acidity and alittle tannin. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, sweetish bright acidic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Can
at
The Old Shoe
on 05 Apr 2026
at 19:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Very pretty pink light red clear wine color. No head. Mild sweet apple peel nose. First taste is also mild apple peel and maybe some black grape peels as well. Quite dry. Much better than those sweet domestic stupid woodchuck style ciders you typically find around here. Yes, this one is more like the real thing, from France I'd say. I bet they use a type of champagne yeast too, but who knows? Reminds me of the epernay I used when I made a few batches. I'm sipping this from a sniffer and its quite pleasant. I'd rate this right up there with my other rose ciders. Enjoyable and not too sweet, I could drink a few of these with ease. Good job there shacks.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 24 Aug 2025
at 18:24
7.5/10
Tried
on 12 Apr 2025
at 12:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Is this my first Rose cider? I’m not sure. Wine looking hued. Nose is tannic grape skin and fine crabappple. Tastes of tart crab apples and vinous grape skin, some jam and wood. Dry. Little watery.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2025
at 04:43
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Honey color with a small soapy white head that faded quickly. Musty and dryish with grape and a hint of apple. Medium finish and body.
Tried
on 18 Nov 2023
at 02:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Buttery grape nose. Clear salmon. Sweet apple, grape. Delightful honey finish. Light body, easy csrbonatoon. What a fun cider!
Tried
on 05 Sep 2021
at 21:27
7/10
Apple nose. Pink pour. Medium head. Sweet and dry flavor with dry palate. No carbonation.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2021
at 21:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can kindly donated by radimd, any thanks man. Pinkish color. Aroma of apples, grapes, red berries. Taste, apples, grape skins, again red berriess, light tartness in dry finish. Well balanced.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2021
at 18:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz can from Tavout - tried at random. dryer than i expected, sweet and good carb. decent
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2021
at 16:31
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very nice rosé character on the nose, good pink clear body but no foam. Flavour is fresh and bright rosé cider. Dry finish, full tannins on the tongue. Excellent.
Tried
on 07 Feb 2020
at 22:02