Ortgeard 2020

Wilding Cider in Chew Magna, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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7.09

ABV: 6.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 3

Ortgeard is something special. Wildling planted their own small orchard nestled on a steep slope overlooking the Haldon hills nearly 10 years ago. It has just started to produce fruit (this is a long game!) and this is the first proper cider from the orchard. The cider is dry, with a faint hint of sparkle. Fermented on wild yeasts and then left to develop in the bottle, with no added sugar. Ortgeard is the old English word for Orchard, giving their young orchard a name to grow into.

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7.2

Fergus (31281) reviewed Ortgeard 2020 from Wilding Cider 2 years ago

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

Panda 🐼 at home big thanks to Colin. A light hazed yellow straw coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is nice spicy funk, prickly funk with vinegar licks, rustic apples, a little sweetness. Flavour is composed of tart and dry, pithy apple, lemon twist, dry tannic bark, some funk. Palate is dry , pithy, tannin, powdery carbonation. Good.

Tried on 20 Dec 2022 at 20:39

7.4

danlo (12875) reviewed Ortgeard 2020 from Wilding Cider 2 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle sample courtesy of Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Golden colour, short-lived bubbly white foam head and aroma of apple, funk, woody, earthy. Taste is sweetish, apple, woody, funk, tangy, with drying bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, light carbnation, dry woody tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2022 at 22:04

7.9

Theydon_Bois (45766) reviewed Ortgeard 2020 from Wilding Cider 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home, from Elston & Son online, 04/12/22. Moderately hazed golden yellow with a fast collapsing white head. Nose is apple orchard, light funk, tangy apples, sharp apple, wood must, herb. Taste comprises crisp apple skins, funk, barnyard, twist of lime, hay bale, tannins, light acidic twinge. Medium bodied, fine to spritzy carbonation, light drying close. Solid crisp and refreshing cider with a light funky edge.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2022 at 18:46