Cidrerie Melenig

Cidery in Elliant, Bretagne, France 🇫🇷
Associated Venue: Cidre Melenig

Established in 2000

Contact
Quenehaye, Elliant, 29370, France
Description
Christian Toullec created this cidery in 2000 after a career as an agricultural engineer specializing in agronomy and soil science.

His grandfather, an amateur cider-maker, had already initiated him to the ‘magic’ of cider. The contact with commercial cider producers in his professional activities inspired him to take the leap and change careers!

Melenig consists of seven hectares of orchards of seven traditional varieties of cider apples! These apples are grown organically there. Ciderie Melenig offers a very distinctive and original production.

Christian Toullec and Christian Saccardy combine their talents and know-how to get the best out of it. As a result, they are the only ones to offer an organic AOP Cornouaille cider!

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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
75cl bottle from the producer in Brittany. Quaffed on Christmas Day 2025. Deep gold appearance, moderate effervescence. Good caramelised apple fruit to the fore with a prominent tannic fuzz. Lovely cider.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2025 at 08:55

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
75cl bottle from Noz. Pours a hazed gold, medium to high carb. Aroma of full medium fruit. excellent scuzzy mouthfeel, full fruit sweetness, pommace, great full body, decent carbonation, nice rustic unfiltered feel. Really good.
Tried from Bottle from Noz Hazebrouck on 28 Jul 2025 at 15:06

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
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Tried on 28 Jun 2025 at 15:34

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared. Dark golden. Sweet apple, caramel, very leathery, oak, tannins, dank farmyard notes. Medium sweet, light bitter. Over medium bodied, very tannic dry finish. Nice!
Tried from Bottle on 23 Jun 2024 at 14:07

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
Bottle. Clear golden. Dry apple peel, leathery, apricot, sweet juice, tree bark. Medium sweet. Medium bodied, bone dry. Dry dry and full of tannins, but good.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2023 at 13:54

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2022 at 22:55

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2022 at 23:57

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle shared thanks to sjogro. Clear light amber with white head. Very leathery, earthy, sweet apple, caramel even, bark. Medium sweet and solid bitter. Medium bodied, quite dry. Sweet, dry and juicy. Good.
Tried on 18 Feb 2022 at 22:35

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 12 Feb 2022 at 21:55

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled (backlog, I’ve put down 3,5 % ABV). Hazy yellowish orange colour with a quickly vanishing small white head. Aroma is green apples, some sweet sugary apples as well as some tart wooden and mild earthy and yeasty notes. Flavour is sweet, but quite tart apples along with some lemongrass and mild spruce to it. Mild funk as it warmed up.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2017 at 04:36