Dunkertons Cider

Cidery in Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1980

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Dowdeswell Park, London Road, Charlton Kings, GL52 6UT, England
Description
Founded in Herefordshire.
Pressed, fermented, and bottled in Gloucestershire.

Dunkertons history reaches back to 1980 when Ivor and Susie Dunkerton made the decision to escape London and buy a small holding in Pembridge, Herefordshire. They realised that with such a small amount of land they needed to specialise in some form of agriculture and spotted that traditional cider making presented a fantastic opportunity.

In 2014 Ivor and Susie passed Dunkertons to their son Julian and his business partner Bean.

In 2016 the production business relocated to our new state of the art cidery at Dowdeswell Park, Cheltenham.

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, from local CoOp, 15/08/20. Almost clear golden with a good sized head, as it goes for a cider, of tightly knit white bubbles. Nose is funk, damp grass, apple orchard, ripe apple. Taste comprises tarte apple, funk, orchard wood, duty tones, hay bale, tannins. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close. Solid rustic fayre.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2020 at 15:46

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
500ml bottle (6.8% ABV); BB Dec 2021. The third and final Cider in my little tasting session with myself on 30th Jul 2020. This was by far the best of the three, depth and flavour out gunning the other two. Apples!
Tried from Bottle on 31 Jul 2020 at 09:00

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
500ml bottle. Golden with a very slight haze, small white head. Light sweet tangy apples, oaky, tart, light funk. Very spritzy carbonation. Very nice cider.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2020 at 21:49

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Colin's place, first real tasting after lockdown. Thanks to Sharon. A light hazed pale golden yellow coloured pour with no head. Aroma is nice fresh floral apple,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, hazed apple, light floral, clean and semi crisp. Palate is semi sweet, crisp, moderate carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2020 at 20:32

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Co-Op Church Stretton. Misty yellow, constant sparkle. Cheesy funk aroma. Taste presents a fine spritz, some cheesy orchard funk flavours emerging from the off, gentle acidity, corky apple fruit.. seems more of a rustic blend to what we're used to from Dunkertons. Pretty good.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2020 at 17:51

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Pretty clear yellow. Nice fresh apples, funky hint, dry, slightly sourish. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2020 at 11:00

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Clear golden. Apple, a bit of sulphur, sweetish. Decent.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jun 2020 at 11:00

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, 13/06/20. Very light haze on a yellow to blonde pour with a fast collapsing white crown of bubbles. Nose is tangy apples, light smoke, vinous, orchard wood. Taste comprises bitter apple, modest funk, tannins, orchard wood, hay bale, light smoke, apple pulp. dusty tones. Medium bodied, fine to light prickly carbonation, drying close. Solid work.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2020 at 14:22

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yaron's place. Clear golden. Apple, some funk, some wood, sweetish, quite juicy. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2020 at 11:22

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Clear yellow. Apple, funk, mildly sourish, sweetish note, juicy. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2020 at 17:06