Vintage Reserve
Sheppy's Cider in Taunton, Somerset, England 🏴
Cider Regular|
Score
6.78
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Sheppy’s Vintage Reserve Cider is produced from entirely home-grown apples. It is a blend of one year’s harvest of the highest quality bittersweet apples such as Chisel Jersey, Yarlington Mill, Stoke Red and Tremlett’s Bitter. It is fermented and then matured in oak vats to achieve its fine, award winning full bodied flavour.
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6/10
Bottle. Dry, almost vinegary, with overripe apple. Grass notes, pear hints. A bit gentle all the way. 646412 260607
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2026
at 17:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts of all places. Clear gold, brief white fizz. Aroma of the aged oak wood comes through most strongly. Apples come through quite tangy with dry skin notes. Taste showcases the fruitiness of the apple better, wood and vanilla are there, quite tangy and drying in the finish with a slight alcohol warmth going down. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
0.5 l bottle from 'Bierwinkelier.nl', as 'Sheppy's 2021 Vintage Reserve Cider (Oak Aged). Clear, golden with a few white bubbles on top of it. Sweetish, slightly sourish, gently fruity and a little funky aroma of ripe apple, walnut, some oak and traces of sulfur. Quite sweet, minimally sourish, gently woody and rather fruity taste of ripe apple, oak, some walnut and hints of honey, followed by a short, gently woody-dry finish. Medium body, minimally astringent and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Pleasant cider, refreshing and moreish at the same time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2024
at 17:45
7/10
Bottle M&S 2024-05-23 Uddingston AR: sweet oak, apples, wee grainy AP: coppery clear, no head F: sweet oak, apples, wee grainy
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2024
at 18:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from M&S in Kew Retail Park, Richmond, UK. Colour pale gold, clear. Aroma is fresh apples, bit woody. Taste dry apples juice, woody, bit tarty, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2024
at 06:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from M&S in Kew Retail Park, Richmond, UK. Colour pale gold, clear. Aroma is fresh apples, bit woody. Taste dry apples juice, woody, bit tarty, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2024
at 18:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
How: Bottle.
Where: Had at home.
Appearance: Yellow colour with a white head.
Aroma: Apples, acidic, vinous, wood.
Body: Medium body, low to medium carbonation.
Flavour: Apples, acidic, vinous.
Where: Had at home.
Appearance: Yellow colour with a white head.
Aroma: Apples, acidic, vinous, wood.
Body: Medium body, low to medium carbonation.
Flavour: Apples, acidic, vinous.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2023
at 13:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark yellow colour. Powerful apple aroma-. Dry powerful apple flavor. Soem oak and barnyard. Moderate finish. Oily palate.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2023
at 10:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from the Co-Op, Bradford-upon-Avon. Golden colour, bubbly white foam head that quickly dissipates way and aroma of fruity apple. Taste is tangy, sweetish, apple, fruity, with some drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2022
at 22:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500ml bottle from Co-op, Bradford-upon-Avon. Golden colour, short-lived bubbly white head and aroma of apple, fruity, yeasty hint. Taste is tangy, apple, skin & core, with woody hints and some drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry lightly tannic finish. Quite drinkable..
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2022
at 11:34