Cidre Réserve
(has 10 batches)

750 ml bottle. Pours a clear yellow color with a small white head. A big sweet fruity apple nose. The flavor is unique: dusty, funky, ginger, sweet apple. Insanely dry finish. Awesome.

I tried this probably at my first ratebeer tasting, which was hosted by Paul. Drove from Staten Island to Jersey before Paul got upscale and moved on up to the Hoboken side. Or maybe it was a different Paul tasting. A Jersey RBian, who did not stay active long, shared this cider. At that time, it was pretty damn cool. Back then an upper teens cost of something was big money. I think we all appreciated the expenditure. Nowadays, its almost commonplace. I feel like this cider was much less available, definitely around but not overly common. I remember constantly seeing it at New Beer but never wanting to spend "that much" on a cider, even if it is barrel aged.

Recently, I moved to Seattle and cider is big there, way bigger than anywhere else in the states. Maybe that is why I kept seeing this bottle for sale; much stronger visibility than I had been used to. I have been tempted to pick up a bottle especially given that the $20 price tag isn’t really that large by contemporary standards. Fortunately, my uncle just brought this to a family gathering just for me. Hooray!.

I like Dupont cider, its the way I imagine cider should be done, effervescent, wild, not too apply, and not too sweet. However. these rules do not stand for ice ciders. This cider seems to be not wild, not effervescent but good, Why? because they make it a bit ice cider like with the calvados barrel. A bit of that heft from alcohol, sweet but worth sipping. Fun stuff but as an ice cider substitute as opposed to the regular Dupont lineup. See you again in 10 years cider.

(Bottle, 0.75 l, at laiti’s, 20150613, thanks) The cider poured pale golden and hazy. Its head was small and white. Aroma had apples, wood and tartness. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were apples, sweetness, wood and tarntess. Aftertaste had apples. A balanced and tasty cider.

Bottle 0.75l at Laiti’s, Helsinki. Thanks to FatPhil! Colour is deep golden with very small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, apples and some sweetness. Very juicy.

75 cl bottle (7,5%) @ home Thanks FatPhil!
Récolte 2012, Passage en fût 2013. PASSÉ SIX MOIS EN FÛT DE CALVADOS
Aroma has apple peel, sweet apples, flour and green apples. Flavour is slightly sweet with apple peel, floury apples, some green apple vibes. Also mild milky notes. Feels leathery both in nose and mouth. Nicely balanced, could be less floury though.

750ml bottle, thanks FatPhil!

Pours clear yellowish with a tiny head. Aroma of oak, tartish apples, wood, fruits and hints of leathery notes. Taste is smooth, crisp and tartish with loads of apples, oak, wood, hints of calvados and farmyardy notes. Finish is smooth, tartish and fruity with loads of apples and oak. Pretty nice.

Pours clear golden with no head. Aroma of apples, vanilla, light wood and caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and light acidic. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.