La Face Cachée De La Pomme Neige Réserve
Verger Hemmingford in Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Cider - Ice Cider Regular Out of Production|
Score
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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375mL bottle shared by Paul, thanks man. How do I rate this stuff, its awesome, sweet and tastes like apple. But not like a regular cider does. The apple is sweet, lightly rotten, almost a McIntosh -like apple. It is a bit rummy and has a liqueur-like feel to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2010
at 14:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled at the DC Local Gathering. This was my first ever ice cider and I had no idea what to expect. Pours a golden amber with zero head. Aroma is nice but tought to describe: sweet, earthy, boozy. Flavor has very nice apples, sweet with a slight alcohol burn. Sticky in the mouth and throat. I guess I didn’t get it.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2009
at 19:21
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
DC Gathering. big thanks to ygtbsm94. 2004 bottle. Filtered apple juice color. Alcohol laced apple aroma, very intense. Wow! Very big apple flavor. No real carbonation to speak of. All out apple flavor, micro sipper. Honey apple sweetness. Deep red and tart green apples tastes, very complex. Hyper enjoyable stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2009
at 19:37
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
My 1100 rating. 2004 bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours a pale gold with amazingly strong legs. Aroma of sweet apple, caramel, cinnamon and a light must note. Very sweet in the aroma. Taste is full and sweet with cinnamon, apple pie, caramel. This is a cider that forces you to smile. Syrupy and sweet, completely mouth coating, but still not as full as Frimas. A great Ice Cider!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2008
at 17:04
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
375 ml bottle from HogtownHarry! Thanks a ton Harry! Nose is fuji applelike with an appartent tart note;color of carotene with a yellow orange tone; thick syrupy body; taste of sweetdleicious apples with some honey tones, oakiness, and a dusting of cinnamonlike spiciness. Finish shows sweetness fading into a light tartness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2008
at 17:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample, at the Mondial de la bière 2007, savoured June 1 2007; eye: straw with a darker hue, no head, clear, no effervescence; nose: caramelized apple, fresh, fruity; mouth: velvety, caramelized apple, apple sauce; overall: really fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, bue au Mondial de la bière 2007, savourée le 1er juin 2007; oeil : paille avec une légère teinte foncée, pas de mousse, pas d’effervescence, claire; nez : pomme caramélisé, fraîcheur, fruitée; bouche : veloutée, pomme caramélisée, compote de pommes; en résumé : très bien
Tried
on 22 Oct 2007
at 15:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark golden coder with a pleasant apple compote nose, complex, with cinnamon notes. In mouth, a tingling apple sweet cider, sweet, maple, with notes of berries. Warming alcohol accompanies the sweetness, smooth and pleasaing. Tasted at Rendez Vous des Saveurs de l’Outaouais, Sept. 24, 2006.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2006
at 16:16
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle: Poured a deep golden yellow color cider (probably deeper then the regular Neige). Oak is not clearly apparent but alcohol is more subtle then in the regular Neige which made me enjoy this even more. It seems every those guys touch is excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2005
at 10:47