La Face Cachée De La Pomme Neige Réserve
Verger Hemmingford in Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Cider - Ice Cider Regular Out of Production|
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8.35
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Première and Réserve are made in a special technique called "cryo-concentration". They picked the apples very ripe and keep them in a special warehouse in temperature overing +1 C unti the first freezing temperatures of winter. Them they will press them and store the juice in large plastic bins which will be put outside for 3-6 weeks at temperatures overing around -4 to -6 C. This period will see the water separate from the juice. Because water is less dense than sugar it will freeze and the sugary juice will not. They will then collect the super concentrate and super sweet must, about 1/3 of the original quantity, and ferment it. For Première, it will be in stainless steel for 6 months while Réserve will see its must ferment for 8 months, 50% of which in oak barrels (2nd use red wine barrels from US producers).
Première will be filtered and bottled straight away while Réserve will be blended with 50% fresh cider and 50% aged cider and then bottled.
Première will be filtered and bottled straight away while Réserve will be blended with 50% fresh cider and 50% aged cider and then bottled.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Thanks Tderoeck for the share. Cuivrée pâle laissant un beau filament doré au verre. Arôme de pomme caramélisée avec un bon concentré de sucre résiduel. Palais est frais, note de tanin, pomme caramélisée, sucre renforcé avec ce léger fini pelure de pomme. Légèrement collant aux lèvres avec une petite note épicée en fin de bouche avec une petite pointe d’acidité. Solide comme toujours.
Tried
on 08 Jun 2014
at 15:03
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle shared thanks to sic1314. Pours clear amber with no head. Aroma of tart apples, apple sauce, light wood and pears. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic. Caramel sweetness coming out balancing a little tartness in the palate. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2014
at 13:17
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
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375ml bottle shared @THT May. Big thanks to sic1314 No head or carbonation. Clear golden pour. Sweet but lovely.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2014
at 13:09
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as La Face Cachée de la Pomme Neige Réserve (by Domaine Neige (Pomdial Inc.)):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
30/V/14 - 37.5cl bottle from a trade @ home - BB: ?, 2008 reserva (2014-583) Thanks to 77ships for the trade!
Clear deep golden orange beer, sticky in the glass, "tears running down". Aroma: very intense, ripe sweet fresh apple juice, bit sugary. MF: full body. Taste: very sweet and sugary, bit sour from the apples, sugary and sweet apple juice, bit lemony, overall sweetness. Aftertaste: sticky sweet, sugary apple juice, some alcohol, apple peel, bit of cooked apple sauce.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.3/5
30/V/14 - 37.5cl bottle from a trade @ home - BB: ?, 2008 reserva (2014-583) Thanks to 77ships for the trade!
Clear deep golden orange beer, sticky in the glass, "tears running down". Aroma: very intense, ripe sweet fresh apple juice, bit sugary. MF: full body. Taste: very sweet and sugary, bit sour from the apples, sugary and sweet apple juice, bit lemony, overall sweetness. Aftertaste: sticky sweet, sugary apple juice, some alcohol, apple peel, bit of cooked apple sauce.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2014
at 12:09
9.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
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2008 Vintage. Obtained in a trade with tom10101. Thanks! Drank about 1/3 of a 375 ml. bottle @ Barely legal tasting room. Drank next to the “Premiere”. Pours golden. Smells very fruit, flowery with nectar and honey. Tastes of apple juice, smooth, nectar, honey, flowers and faint vanilla sugar, touch esoteric oil in the back. Thick syrupy apple juice feel to it. Awesome stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2014
at 07:12
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
Bottle thnx to 77ships . Pours clear blonde/orange Smell is pure hot applesauce, sweet . Very full bodied, apples , sweet, very intense . No alcohol heat . Very nice !
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2014
at 12:27
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Wonderful. These ice ciders are delicious. This one has a deeper sweetness than the premiere and a bit less earth. Fantastic caramel apple flavor. Really good stuff.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2013
at 20:33
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Aroma is full of sweet red apples, but slightly less sweet than the previous one. A bit less alcohol than in the previous aroma. Pours a lovely copper with nice ruby highlights. Slightly lighter color than the previous one. No carbonation or head and moderately high legs. Flavor is full of sweet caramel and sugar notes. Mid palate the apple smacks you in the face and brings in a welcoming apple note. Hint of alcohol in the finish but again very easy drinking. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with no carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall another super enjoyable cider. So much apple flavor with a nice mix of complex sugar notes and caramel.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2013
at 20:27
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottled, thanks fiulijn! My god, the aroma of green apples is so concentrated! Sweet and intense, hazy golden without head. Viscous with green apple concentrate and lemon peels. Warming syrupy finish. Amazing!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2012
at 14:27
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Dull golden colour w legs. Brown sugar and apple aroma. Big spicy, alive flavour. Rich, delicious complexity of sugars, apples and spices. One of my favourites. The oak really draws out flavour and complexity in the finish.
Tried
on 03 Jun 2012
at 12:15