Valle, Ballina y Fernández (El Gaitero)

Cidery in Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain 🇪🇸

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La Espuncia s/n, Villaviciosa, 33318, Spain

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6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
750ml wired cork bottle from Beers of Europe. 4.1%. Opened with a pop. Sparkling, pinkish tinged golden colour, thin white foam head and aroma of apple, fleshy. Taste is tartish, red apple, sweet fruits, some sugar, with alittle acidity. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, medium drying finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried from Bottle from Beers Of Europe on 19 Jan 2025 at 19:15

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Bottle (as Sidra Natural, 7 %, but most likely this one). Golden colour, with not that much head. Aroma is sweetish but quite sharp and fresh green apples too with some nice wooden tones. Flavour is nicely dry sweetish tart apples with some mineral, almost a bit like a champagne, but not as rich carbonation. Long apple aftertaste and somewhat dry palate. Good sipper.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2025 at 19:43

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Bottle. Deep yellow colour with a tiny white head. Aroma is green apples, some fresh lemongrassy tones with mild sweet apples too. Flavour is green apples, some tartness, wood and mild minerals with some lemongrassy tones to it. Quite thin as for the mouthfeel.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2025 at 18:59

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Lys gul lett tåkete med flyktig hvitt skum. Lukter bakt eple og noe eddik. Lett. Smaker epler og kakedeig. Kort.
Tried on 24 Dec 2024 at 17:50

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Aroma of sour and tart apple, spanish cider style with some leather and funk too. Flavor is refreshing sour and tart apple, sweetened though, but you can still taste the very sour apple cider it is based from, some leathery and funky notes, but mostly clean and harmless after the sugar and blending. I miss the good old days when spanish cider was raw and tart as h*ll.. this is closer to european apple wine. fortunately it retains some of its raw and brutal origins.
Tried from Can on 01 Dec 2024 at 16:38

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75 cl. 4.1% alc. Traditional very sour and tart Spanish Cider aroma.not sure I can pick up the rose part, but it's a great aroma Refreshing fresh apple flavor with some underlying sourness. If I should guess, this tastes like a very sour and tart strong apple Cider blended with fresh apple juice
Tried from Can on 30 Nov 2024 at 22:36

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0,75 champagne bottle 5% ABV @ home. Clear, pale golden body under a minimalistic, fast disappearing white head. Mild, quite clean apple aroma, some acidity. Taste is mild, clean apple, sweet with some balancing acidity. Medium body average aftertaste. Nice and easy, uncomplicated refreshing cider.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2024 at 14:19

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Bottle. Appearance - deep cherry red and fairly clear. Short lived off white head. Nose - more apple than grape, initially. Then some Schoer. Taste - sweet red grape and juicy apple. Palate - light bodied, sweet then some fruit tannins and grape acid. Overall - ok.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2024 at 00:56

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Tried on 25 Jul 2024 at 18:34