Cidrerie de la Vallée de la Seiche / Cidrerie Maman (Michel Maman)

Cidery in Janzé, Bretagne, France 🇫🇷

Established in 1924

Contact
7 rue Flandres Dunkerque, Janzé, 35150, France
Description
Founded in 1924 by Pierre Saugrain, he produced the Vallée de la Seiche cider until his death in 1953. He was followed up by Maurice Lemoine. Lemoine introduced new products ('cidre brut' & 'cidre demi-sec') and started commercialising by introducing bottled ciders (75cl, 37,5cl and 25cl). In 1991 Michel Maman took over the company when Lemoine retreated. In 2001 the Maman company further expanded the portfolio with 'cidre fermier' using the fruit from an orchard in Côtes d’Armor à Kerpellen near the settlement Trévérec.
Today La Vallée de la Seiche is an innovative fruit product company with a wide range of innovative products, such as Cidre Rose - cider aromatised with roses, Ratapoire - a pear equivalent to Pommeau de Bretagne, etc.

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7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
750 ml. bottle sampled @ Van Moll Fest 2015. Quite fizzy golden orange,… Light barnyard in the nose, apple skins, touch candy, sweetish. Heavy on the sugar taste-wise, candy, sweet apple, touch apple skins, some buried barnyard notes. Too sweetish but enjoyable for sure.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Sep 2015 at 13:48

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
ON TAP at La Fine Mousse. Head: white, small, frothy, quickly diminishes to none. Colour: golden, clear.

Aroma: mostly sweet, fresh apple, with some sharper alcohol/vinegar notes.

Taste: apple, vinegar, fermented apples, apple skin, astringent .

Enjoyable, not too acid, not too sweet, astringent cider.
Tried from Draft on 17 Jul 2013 at 05:05

6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 750ml. corked.Clear medium yellow orange colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy honey, earthy, sweet honey, bubble gum notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, honey, earthy, ruff. Body is medium, texture is thin - watery, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20130224]
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2013 at 09:31

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Corked bottle at La Fine Mousse, Paris
Cloudy copper color, small head, not persistent. Aroma of ripe apples, light cheese, light apple vinegar. Semi dry mouthfeel, it still has light residual sweetness and quite some tannins from the apple skins, apple juice flavor, mature. Low acidity. Rough, but pleasant.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2012 at 03:16

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught at La Fine Mousse, Paris
Beautiful golden color. Nice aroma of apples, with an acidic edge, some lemon, fresh. Semi-dry mouthfeel, but also smoother than expected; good flavor of ripe apples and apple skins, with a lot of tannins and therefore an evident astringency.
A classic farmhouse French cider, very good.
Tried on 24 Sep 2012 at 03:14

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Corked bottle at La Fine Mousse, Paris
Hazy pale blind color, no head; there is some yeast sediment in the bottle. Nice aroma of French apples with a delicate touch of hazelnuts. Dry mouthfeel, not too dry, with nice apple juice flavor, lemony acidity, balanced final where some moderate sugar appears.
Elegant.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2012 at 03:12

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
75 cL bottle, thanks to fiulijn. Pours clear and golden yellow with no lasting head. Aroma is fruity light wineous and honey. Sweet and caramelish. Honey fruity and floral. Smooth and lingering honey fruity finish.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Sep 2012 at 00:59

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Chemins de Bretagne, Paris; synthetic cork
Measured Final Gravity: 1033

Light amber color, full of light. Deep aroma of honey and beewax, quite floral. The mouthfeel is sweet but not syrupy; strong flavor of common honey, floral, with beewax, but also an appreciate fruity background, some alcohol perception, and almost some kind of bitterness.
Not the most complex one, but drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2012 at 06:40

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
75 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is butterish and tart apple fruity. Sweet, smooth fruity, light butterish and crisp apples. Smooth and lingering fruity into the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2012 at 15:04

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From tap at La Fine Mousse. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white and lacing head. Aroma is citric, light sulphor and crisp apples. Light brett leathery. Dry, slight chemical and crisp apple fruity. Smooth fruity, bretty and sulphorish into a dry apple fruity finish.
Tried from Draft on 12 Sep 2012 at 14:48