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Le Manoir d'Apreval is a family estate located on the coast to the north of the Pays d´Auge by the sea between Honfleur and Trouville. In accordance with traditions and appellations, the Manoir d'Apreval team operates its tall apple and pear orchards in organic farming and develops pure juice, without added sugar, and vintage ciders with natural effervescence that allow them to keep the best expression of their terroir.

Victor Révillon, the great-grandfather of Agathe Letellier, came to settle at the end of the 19th century in this corner of green nature where the climate softened by the sea air was favorable to the cultivation of fruit trees and 'breeding. From there was born a mixed farming operation on the 40 hectares of the time. An explorer businessman, he left the operation to farmers.

Polyculture operations lasted until 1998, when, on the initiative of the third and fourth generations of the cider estate, “Manoir d'Apreval” was founded. 17 varieties of cider apple trees and 4 varieties of juice pear trees, representing 1,800 trees, were planted.
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Svesse (16320) reviewed
L'Incontournable - Cidre de la Côte de Grâce Brut from Manoir d'Apreval
4 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
(Bottle, vintage 2015) Golden amber colour with foamy off-white head. Fruity nose with notes of red apples, cellar, flowers, earth and hay. Fruity, slightly tart taste with apples, cellar, earth, wood, hay and a dry finish with a balanced acidity. Medium body, dry. Tasty and well made, dry with notes of cellar and wood. Nice one.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2022 at 20:46
Hrabren (10117) reviewed
Poiré from Manoir d'Apreval
6 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
2018 bottle, huge thanks to Tomo for sharing this with Marko and myself. Very pale greenish golden, foamy small head. Pear, perfume, wood and flower, green tea. Acidic, sour, sweet, candy-like. Moderate to high carbonation, puckering, thin, drinkable, finishes dry and sour.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2020 at 18:23
Hrabren (10117) reviewed
L'Incontournable - Cidre de la Côte de Grâce Brut from Manoir d'Apreval
6 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
2018 bottle, 5% abv. Huge thanks to Tomo for sharing this with Marko and me. Darker golden in colour. Ripe apple, grated apple, some basement aromas, slightly sugary, some spices, lemon peel, dry grass. Some wood in flavour, smoke, floury apple. Very dry and soft, soft carbonation. Rustic.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2020 at 18:12
Marko (24112) reviewed
Poiré from Manoir d'Apreval
6 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Thanks Tomo V! Shared with him and Hrabren like the others. Pale, very pale golden-yellow body. Flowery aroma, hibiscus, pears and tea, very pleasant! Flowery, lean taste, juicy, sugar, light tartness, Champagne-style carbonation in the finish. Impressive at first sip, it, however grows tiring, lowering the score/feeling, still, a very nice, tasty perry.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2020 at 18:53
Marko (24112) reviewed
L'Incontournable - Cidre de la Côte de Grâce Brut from Manoir d'Apreval
6 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Manoir d'Apreval Côte de Grâce Brut 2018. Thanks Tomo V! Darker yellow-golden body. A bit thin but growing cellar-like but fresh aroma, fermented apples, some wood perhaps, hay. Sweetish apple taste, light wood, barrel, silky dry body, some light residual sugars, quite drinkable. Very interesting really! Allegedly put in Calvados barrels for a time, but unsure, certainly a different profile than normal.
Tried on 27 Feb 2020 at 18:48
minutemat (16858) reviewed
L'Incontournable - Cidre de la Côte de Grâce Brut from Manoir d'Apreval
8 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
75cl bottle (2016) from the producer. Pours clear gold, thin white ring. Aroma has some farmyard funk. Spritzy on the palate, fairly drying with an elegant fruit presence. Could do with a touch more fruit, but for a spritzy cidre it's still pretty good. --- Beer merged from original tick of L'Incontournable - Cidre De La Côte De Grâce Brut on 23 Nov 2024 at 08:05 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5. Original review text: 75cl bottle, picked up at the producer. Pours a clear deep gold, moderate effervescence. Frosty orchard aroma. Quite a crisp start with crunchy apple skins and core, but exceptionally dry with shiny apple inflections. Misses the luscious fruitiness of their other bruts, but generally decent.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Dec 2017 at 13:32
minutemat (16858) reviewed
Poiré from Manoir d'Apreval
8 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
75cl bottle from the producer. Pours a generally clear pale greenish yellow, fizzy with a snowstorm of sediment that refuses to settle. Light perry pear fruit on the nose. Taste is clean, light with a nice soft sweet fruitiness. It is a touch farmyardy, but generally focusses on a bright, refined perry fruit, very lightly slick, clean with a decent fruit presence.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2017 at 12:47
minutemat (16858) reviewed
Cidre Cascade from Manoir d'Apreval
8 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from the producer. Pours a hazy, slightly murky golden amber. Aroma is bright, fruity, some discernible Cascade influence. Taste is similarly bright, well carbonated with a good hoppy Cascade presence. Cant make up my mind whether this jars a little against the apple fruit or not. Perhaps, but it makes for an interesting, colourfully fruity cider all the same.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Dec 2017 at 12:48
Ferris (26019) reviewed
Cidre Cuvée Saint-Georges from Manoir d'Apreval
9 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle - Buttery, bready yellow apple. Pale clear gold. Bready and yeasty notes with a clean apple note. Clean dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2017 at 12:00
minutemat (16858) reviewed
Cidre Cuvée Saint-Georges from Manoir d'Apreval
9 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
75cl bottle from madeincalvados.com. Pours misty gold, thin white head. Aroma is sour and funky with some apple skin, light fruit. Taste is fresh, raw apple fruit, soft tannins with apple skin and light core. More character than standard French cidre.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2017 at 15:23