Dabinett
Shacksbury in Vergennes, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.97
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Fermented with native yeast as our first ever single varietal cider, the Dabinett is an exceptional winter cider. The 2013 harvest of this apple was fabulous because it was a dry season, allowing for more concentrated flavors, and because it was sunny, which caused a higher-than-normal sugar level and, as a result, a longer and more robust fermentation.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
More recent batch made in collaboration with Simon Day & available via the 2020 cider club. Coming in at 6.5%, head looking nice & fluffy over a clearly pale amber in my slender pint glass. Stem-y, bitter, almost minty scent. Some mild cheese as it warms. Bitter acidic leaves & apples, becoming more of a bitter orange rind, expressing a juicy Sweet Tart berry flavor as it closes on a not completely dry finish. Very faint yeast note as the second pour clouds up & doubles up on the berry flavor. With warmth brings some mild funk. I enjoyed it more cold. Not too thin, leftover yeasties give it some body. Very full carbonation with small bubbles, but not champagne bubbles. Boozy. Tasty & very expressive for a single varietal. Somewhat rare combo in my experience.
Tried
on 02 Mar 2021
at 00:14