Savanna Dry Premium Cider
Distell Group Limited in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa 🇿🇦
Cider - Dry Regular|
Score
5.47
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Savanna Premium Cider first Siyavanna’d in 1996. Damn, we’re older than Black Twitter. But you know in 27 years you lay down a lot of roots. And like the trees our apples are grown on, our roots go deep. Which means though a lot has changed since ’96 – the way we bring Savanna to the people hasn’t, and never will. Because Siyavanna South Africa.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Uniform, very carbonated (if knocked-out quite fast) metallic golden liquid with a shortlived small, translucent to white B.C."H." Dusty apples & glue; sweetish with a hint at fruit - apple - acidity. Oxydized flavour, old & dusty; finish however consisting of slightly sourish apples and much better, with a small perfumed extra, not unmindful of wild strawberries, but also partly artificial. Fizzy despite the knocked-out CO², slick and strang acidification. I’m not entirely convinced. BTW, it’s demi-sec, rather than dry.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2011
at 11:03
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
33cl bottle in Accra, Ghana. Couleur dorée claire, mousse est legère et blanche diparaissant assez vite. Arôme de pomme allant sur un aspect champagne En bouche, un cidre sympa, pomme et sulfite avec un gout en bouche qui reste un peu trop citrique, de ce fait cela a tendance à dominer le palais.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2011
at 06:58
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Clear golden colour, slight white head which disappears fast. Scent of apples, sweetness, slight acidity and some fruit esters of which I’m not entirely sure if they came there naturally. Reminiscent of sticky pink bubblegum. Taste is rather sweet with a nice sour apple tone, though it stays with the tone only, the sour flavour itself is not really present. Somewhat artificial. When in South Africa it seemed quite allright, but even on a warm spring day in The Netherlands it can’t really enchant me anymore. Still much better than most of the Estonian ciders I’ve tasted though. (bottle, 330mL, 5,5% abv)
Tried
from Can
on 19 Apr 2011
at 12:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Clear fizzy golden color. Aroma of green apples. Sweetish apple flavor with some sugar, citric notes and light acidity in the background. Some bitter peel notes in the finish. Light body. Not too interesting but decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2009
at 11:01
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
0.34L bottle, no head, golden colour. strange aroma of mushrooms and cannes tuna, maybe this would be a result of sulphur being added as stated on the bottle, also somel lgiht vinous traces. Flavour quite dry with a sourness reminiscent of apple vinegar, and also something resembeling dry soda. Smooth and easy to drink but not really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2009
at 09:56