8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

(750ml bottle from the cidery webshop) Pours nearly clear medium pink-to-blush with basically no head. Aroma of bright juicy sweet-tart floral pears with a nice helping of blueberry and red forest berry aromatics, a little bite of volatile acidity, soft red grape vibes as well give it just a touch of vinousness. Flavour is juicy somewhat sweet and lightly tart pear juice, blueberry and lingonberry, solid florals, good helping of tart wine grape moving-to-vinegar acidity but not excessively acetic, hint of dusty funk into the dry finish. Finish lets the acid back down a touch and gives sweet pear, soft grape tannins, blueberries and a bit of crushed flower petals. Light to medium slick body with average plus carbonation. Definitely a big punch of acid in this one, more than I expected from the grape skins, but the residual pear sugar manages to keep it mostly in check. Very refreshing and I glugged it a bit, but it's pretty complex at the same time.