750mL bottle, explodes upon opening and retains a lot of action for a long duration, and there's tons of sediment floating everywhere. Pours it a hazy pale golden with a small white head. Aroma is full of barnyard funk, crisp apple skins, and champagne-like effervescence. Flavour is bone dry, with an intense champagne-like effervescence replete with very high carbonation, followed by wild yeast, lots of barnyard funk, and some leather. There's maybe a touch of residual sweetness on the finish, while retaining that intense carbonation. Unusual but beautifully made. Excellent.

RERATE (750ml bottle, 2019 I think, shared by Herbalist - thanks!) No real notes on this one but it was massively more enjoyable than the 2017 vintage at the festival. Exceptional apple concentration but lovely skin tannin and crispness, well-executed funk, superb Champagne-type mouthfeel, not that much residual sweetness for a cryo-concentrated product. Upping my rating substantially. (Bottle sample @ Witchstock 2018, Toronto, Sept 29/18) Pours hazy medium gold with a fizzy white head. Notes of semi-sweet apple juice and flesh, some slightly more bitter notes (seeds/stems/skin?), rather light funk and light to moderate oak, warming alcohol. Sweetish up front, semi-sweet through the finish, rather short aftertaste with clean crispness. Medium-bodied, slick, with light effervescent sparkling carb. I was expecting a bigger flavour concentration and heft from a 12% apple wine, and thought this was a little softer and simpler than hoped. (7-3-7-4-16 = 3.7)