6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

First pure Dabinett from Eve's comes when they had to purchase fruit because of last year's frost. Spring bottle club. A month or more fridge time. Pint glass at home. Clear, deep honey gold with an unusual strong & tall soda head. Scent is honey butter & cooked down orange rinds. Slightly pithy, slight damp earth funk. Keeved sort of sweetness, like orange honey drizzle over the expected apple bittersweetness. Very oaky. Earthy, wet leaf mulch funk. Heavy calcium. Middling acidity with a bonus wink of actual tartness we didn't order. A touch of mintiness in the back throat. Maybe too sweet, definitely too tame. Very half-hearted tannins but it does dry out a little. The bubbles are softer then they should be & they die too early. Abv is in mild & doesn't help elevate any of the flavors. Filler year. Is what it is.