Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

2009/10 bottle, 7.5% ABV. 11C. Hazy yellow gold, white mousse vanishes immediately. Aroma of sweet apples, lemon, acidic pineapple, mild floral honey. Quite fizzy. Sweet with an obvious calvados syrupy note. Slightly chewy with some stewed apple, dries out very nicely with some acidity too, but less than suggested in the nose. Some spices - cinnamon, vanilla - and alcohol at the end. Wood creeps in after a while. Seemed overcarbonated and too sweet at first, but pineapple and wood grew to check the sweetness although the lemon disappears completely. Good, complex cider that doesn’t quite live up to its aroma.