Welsh Mountain Cider

Cidery in Llanidloes, Powys, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Established in 2011

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Prospect Orchard. Newchapel, Llanidloes, SY186JY, Wales
Description
Welsh Mountain Cider is a family run Ciderworks, apple and pear orchard, tree nursery and smallholding in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid-Wales, UK.

Chava and Bill have worked together for the last 12 years turning a 1115 feet high, six acre plot into Britain's highest altitude Ciderworks, fruit tree nursery and museum orchard. In this time Chava and Bill have planted trees, grafted and sent out hundreds of acres of new orchards, made thousands of litres of amazing cider, grown food, made music and art and brought two delightful girls into the world.

Our cider is made from carefully selected varieties of sweet, bittersweet and sharp apples, which are pressed and allowed to naturally ferment slowly over the winter with their own natural yeasts.

The cider is left to mature for between 6 months and two years, and is then bottled unfiltered and unpasteurized, and without added sulphites.

We cellar age our live cider in the bottle for anywhere between 6 months and 10 years where it continues to mature in the bottle, producing a complex bouquet and rich flavours you would expect from a truly great expression of our native wine.

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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Hazy orange gold colour, short-lived bubbly white foam head and aroma of apple, tangy, fruity, some orchardy funk and drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2022 at 20:10

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750ml bottle from Cider is Wine. Pale yellow gold colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of musty apple, leathery funk. Taste is mellow, apple, fruity, citric, gooseberry, white wine, some slight caramel hints and light acidity. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2021 at 19:22

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
750ml bottle. Hazy yellow gold colour, no head and aroma of mellow apple, some funk. Taste is sweetish, tangy apple, fruity, woody, with some soft tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium dry finish. Well balanced, nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Oct 2021 at 18:23

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
750ml bottle from Welsh Mountain Cider. Orangey gold colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of fruity apple, caramel hint. Taste is tart, tangy, apple, fruity, caramel hint, with some citric acidity notes and mellow soft tannin. Sparkling, medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry lightly tannic finish. Well balanced, nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2021 at 18:02

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
750ml bottle from Welsh Mountain Cider. Orangey gold colour, short-lived white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, fruity, woody funk. Taste is tangy, apple, fruity fleshy, with some acidity and drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2021 at 20:09

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
750ml bottle from Welsh Mountain Cider. Bottle 18/240. Hazy orangey gold colour, no head and aroma of juicy apple, woody funk. Taste is tangy, tart, apple, orange juice notes, funky, with lots of mellow drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2021 at 17:05

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Welsh Mountain Cider. Hazy orange gold colour, short-lived off-white foam head and aroma of funk, fruity apple, orchardy. Taste is tangy, fruity, apple, leathery funk, earthy, woody, with drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tangy tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Oct 2021 at 19:27

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Slightly hazy pale yellow gold colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and minerally aroma, light apple fruit. Taste is fleshy apple, apple skin, mellow funk hints, lactic notes, and with very light tannin. Light to medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2021 at 17:05

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Pale yellow colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of soured funky apple. Taste is tart, tangy, sour, fleshy apple, citric, acidic, some funk. Slick mouthfeel, light to medium bodied, low carbonation, dry sour acidic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Feb 2021 at 21:09

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
2/12/2020. Bottle sample courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed! Pours clear dark gold with minimal head. Aroma of apple, wood, touch of funk. Moderate sweetness and bitterness with light tartness. Medium body, oily texture, average carbonation. Dry and tannic, with a nice lingering bittersweet finish. Enjoyed this.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Nov 2020 at 17:38