Albee Hill Still & Dry (2019)

Bottle from their cider club. Aged at the cidery. Few months in my own fridge. Low-ball glass @home. Rich, deep, greasy, gold color. Clear, aside from some innocent protein wisps. Concentrated apple sugars, peel, & a menthol-like herbal essence in the nose. Dry, tannic & tea-like. Leafy, popsicle stick, calcium, green/unripe berry flavor, too many oaky Russets, earthy with a whiff of maybe funk that doesn't develop. Moderately high acid but very low tartness. Lingering bitter leafy-ness. Strong flavors for only 7%. Mostly thin, watery texture, very tiny amount of residual sugar, still not what it was(they're totally random with the blend now, the label has no meaning). Okay.

750ml corked bottle as Albee Hill 19 from Cat in the Glass for July 2021 Manchester Cider Club tasting. 2019 Vintage 7%. Deep golden colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of ripe apple, syrupy. Taste is sweet, rich apple, caramel, apple pie hint, with some mellow funk and drying tannins. Soft mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Very drinkable