8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

(750ml 2019 bottle from the cidery webshop) Pours basically clear bright gold with a small fizzing white cap. Fresh lightly sweet, lightly tart and extremely juicy golden apples with peppery earthy russeted skins, herbal leafiness and a touch of sweet ester. Flavour is lovely mineral saline brightness, juicy golden apples at the core again with a fresh squeezed tartness and bare hint of sugar, bright and almost white wine-like in acid and fresh stone balance, smooth softly peppery russet skin depth, fine tannins, soft herbal bitterness, russeted skins in the finish with lots of persistent apple quality that manages to hold balance with the acid and minerals. Light body, soft plush feel though, moderate carb. Hard to imagine a better straight-up apple cider, somewhat traditional and yet very refined and wine-like at the same time, stellar cider making.

7

A hazed blonde cider with aroma of tart apples, light acidity, light Brett, very nice. In mouth, a nice tart sweet apple jam, light acidity, light Brett, very nice. On tap at Dominion City.