Cidrerie Michel Jodoin

Cidery in Rougemont, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Cidrerie Michel Jodoin

Established in 1988

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1130 Petite Caroline, Rougemont, J0L 1M0, Canada
Description
1901 A promising start - On a good October Sunday in 1901, Jean-Baptiste Jodoin bought and orchard with it’s somewhat hundred apple trees.

1937 His son, Ernest Jodoin, inherited the family orchard in 1937 and during his lifetime acquired more land, which he later sold to his sons. Apples will be the providing income for the family for at least four generations!

1988 The cider house opens! - After a rough start (about 150 bottles in the first 6 months), the tenacity and drive of Mr Jodoin pays off: 5000 bottles in 1990 going onto 100 000 in 2004!

After a rough start, the cider house takes flight!
Striving to offer quality and original products, the cider house is proud to become the leader in traditional method ciders, the first microdistellery in Canada (1999) and the biggest producer in North America of the famous red fleshed apple, the Geneva.
Many times decorated, never equaled, Michel Jodoin cider house is a must stop of the Québec Cidrer circuit, not to mention a flagship of the Canadian food supply industry.

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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Sampled from the bottle. Poured a clear gold with a slight amber hue and no head whatsoever. Aroma had a nice combination of sweet and tart apples that was balanced nicely. Flavor began with a combo of tart and sweet apples and had a good acidity in the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jun 2011 at 18:09

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sample, Mondial des cidres de glace, savoured on February 12 2011; eye: caramel with a copper hue; nose: light apple, caramel, brown sugar, light strawberry, light cranberry; mouth: apple, caramel, acidity, light strawberry, cranberry, finale in apple, medium body, rather sweet, light astringency; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Échantillon, Mondial des cidres de glace, savourée le 12 février 2011 œil : caramel avec une teinte cuivrée; nez : léger pomme, caramel, cassonade, léger fraise, léger canneberge; bouche : pomme, caramel, acidité, léger fraise, canneberge, finale en pomme, corps moyen, plutôt sucré, légère astringence; en résumé : bien
Tried from Can on 12 Apr 2011 at 13:34

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear bottle, 750 ml, gift from the brother-in-law (merci!), savoured on March 18 2011; eye: old pink with a golden hue, clear, nice effervescence, champagne-style head that turns into a tiny ring, no lacing; nose: apple, light acidity, “fizzyness”; mouth: apple, acidity, refreshing, short and dry finale in apple, medium body, quite carbonated; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille transparente, 750 ml, cadeau du beau-frère (merci!), savourée le 18 mars 2011; œil : vieux rose avec une teinte dorée, claire, bonne effervescence, mousse style champagne qui se transforme en un petit anneau, pas de dentelle; nez : pomme, légère acidité, « pétillant »; bouche : pomme, acidité, rafraîchissant, finale courte et sèche en pomme, corps moyen, très carbonatée; en résumé : bien
Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2011 at 11:24

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
A pinkish cider with aroma of light apples over a bed of roses, powdery and interesting. In mouth, a nice sweet apple followed by intense apple skin sourness, astringence, cranberries, quite nice. Mondial des cidres de glace, Feb. 12 2011.
Tried on 13 Feb 2011 at 07:13

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours with modest head that’s gone quite quick, has a modest bright gold champagne look to it. Aroma of goat cheese and slight apple hints. Flavour is a very dry cider with soft wood and apple hints. This is excellent.
Tried on 30 Jan 2011 at 08:43

8.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 10 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 9
(Dusty Notes) Generous rosey/amber sample pour at Paul’s(Dickinsonbeer) via the official tasting glass & of course Rciesla . Very regal. Thank you :) Smell is tart & sweaty, peppery & alcoholic. Potent apple & pear fumes rise up along those of saturated oak & bittersweet apple skins. So intense you want to suckle it. Taste is overshadowed by the amazing smell, though still quite wonderful. Tart & leafy. A lemon-honey apple sauce if there were such a thing. Not big or complex. The body is middle of the road, & the alcohol is a little too small to really carry the necessary flavors. It does manage a bittersweet finish, though it stops abruptly in its tracts too soon to be called lingering. You may or may not notice yourself melting into your seat breathing in the leftover residuals clinging to your glass. That is worth a few extra points in the "overall" category to me.
Tried on 04 Jan 2011 at 01:15

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bouteille (Le Moissonier, Cologne): Clear, deep pinkish-amber coloured, no head; solid sweet-sour aromas of apples and almonds (apple seeds); solid sweet flavour with a light bitterness underneath; apples, almonds and apple-skin in the slightly lingering sweet-fruity finish, balanced by a good dash of malic acid. Superb digestif.......
Tried on 18 Nov 2010 at 05:52

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Green bottle, 355 ml, purchased at La trappe à fromage on April 14 2007, savoured on February 11 2009; eye: golden, extra, clear, very slight effervescence; nose: apple sauce, apple concentrate; mouth: thin, apple concentrate, slight sourness, finale in apple concentrate that is somewhat more discreet, slick, medium body, not much carbonation, mildly sweet; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 355 ml, achetée à La trappe à fromage le 14 avril 2007, savourée le 11 février 2009; œil : dorée, extra claire, très, très légère effervescence; nez : compote de pommes, concentré de pomme; bouche : mince, concentré de pommes, très légère aigreur, finale en concentré de pommes un peu plus discret, coulant, corps moyen, peu carbonatée, moyennement sucré; en résumé : bien
Tried from Bottle on 11 Feb 2009 at 16:41

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Rosé cider with a burst of white head, dissipating quickly. Apple and strawberries in aroma. Sour puckering apples with apple peels. Light and refreshing. Tasted Spring 2006.
Tried on 07 Dec 2008 at 17:54

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Light amber. Very anisey nose", with a hint of demerara. Oily, sweet with brown sugar. Clean finish. Nice stuff.
Tried on 22 Aug 2008 at 19:11