Albemarle CiderWorks

Cidery in North Garden, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Albemarle Ciderworks

Established in 2009

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2545 Rural Ridge Ln, North Garden, VA, 22959, United States
Description
Vintage Virginia Apples was founded in 2000 by the Shelton family. In our orchard, we grow a variety of tree fruits that are becoming increasingly rare. Many of these are older varieties that have fallen into obscurity or just do not fit the needs of today’s commercial marketing and distribution systems. Cast aside in the search for perfectly saleable, shippable and storable fruit are hundreds of heirloom and local varieties, a vibrant universe of texture, flavor and scent.

Our most ambitious project is Albemarle CiderWorks, which we opened in July 2009. The first year, we fermented and bottled three distinctive ciders which were very well received: Jupiter's Legacy and Ragged Mountain comprised our blended offerings, and Royal Pippin became our first single varietal. Since then, we have introduce other single varietals and blends including our first "Special Reserve," Virginia Hewe's Crab, a small batch that quickly sold out. We plan to continue finding inspiration from the 2500 varieties of apples found in the United States.

We currently offer tastings of our distinctive ciders at our Tasting Room in North Garden, VA. Plan to visit us! We look forward to welcoming you to Rural Ridge Orchard for a tasting, a workshop or one of our events. Click here for directions to our location.

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Subdued apple and varnish aroma. Clear gold, still. Sweet apple. Hint of brown sugar finish. Medium body, soft carbonation.
Tried on 06 Jul 2017 at 20:45

7.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7
Bomber from Total Wine Chantilly Aroma: apples, vinous Appearance: clear pale golden, thin white head Taste: lightly sour, light sweetness, Palate: light body, slick feel, soft carbonation, abrupt finish,
Tried on 04 Jul 2017 at 21:00

6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Apple nose, slight vinegar hint. Clear pale yellow. Dry apple, leather. Light body, moderate carbonation. Subtle as most of this cidery’s are, but distinctive.
Tried on 23 Jun 2017 at 21:19

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750 mL bottle from Wine Warehouse, 12/14/16. Clear golden, thin fizzy tan head fades quickly. Aroma of dry, tannic apple juice, vanilla, hay. The taste is dry tannic apples, hints of vanilla. Medium bodied, hints of carbonation, dry and tannic.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Dec 2016 at 21:37

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From a tasting flight at Albemarle CiderWorks. Poured a clear, very pale, almost clear yellow color with no head at all. Light apple, can’t really smell too much of the ginger. Light bitter grapefruit notes, but pretty subtle. Ginger isn’t really notciable either, I wouldn’t have guessed without knowing. I’d bump up both by perhaps by actually adding additions of ginger to it, which would help differentiate their ciders a bit more.
Tried from Can on 06 Oct 2016 at 16:38

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From a tasting flight at Albemarle CiderWorks. Poured a clear, very pale, almost clear yellow color with no head at all. Apple was really nice in this one, light fizzy notes. Light apple skin? Dry, tasty. Favorite of the bunch.
Tried on 06 Oct 2016 at 16:36

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From a tasting flight at Albemarle CiderWorks. Poured a clear, very pale, almost clear yellow color with no head at all. Light tartness in this one, probably from the crab apples? Light champagne tartness. Flavor was mild apple. I liked this one, but the wife didn’t.
Tried on 06 Oct 2016 at 16:33

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From a tasting flight at Albemarle CiderWorks. Poured a clear, very pale, almost clear yellow color with no head at all. Apple comes through on this one, very light - very mild sweet apple notes, alcohol. Mild tartness in this one.
Tried on 06 Oct 2016 at 16:31

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
From a tasting flight at Albemarle CiderWorks. Poured a clear, very pale, almost clear yellow color with no head at all. Light carbonation running up from the bottom of the glass. Aroma was light tart apples, very light Perrier, mineral water notes. Very mild tartness, very light sweetness comes through in this one.
Tried on 06 Oct 2016 at 16:29

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From a tasting flight at Albemarle CiderWorks. Poured a clear, very pale, almost clear yellow color with no head at all. Light carbonation running up from the bottom of the glass. Very light fruit notes, mild strawberry twang on the finish. Light semi-sweet apple, light booze. Crisp finish.
Tried on 06 Oct 2016 at 16:27