Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
75cl bottle from the producer. Pours misty gold, thin white ring of bubbles. Aroma of fresh apple orchards, horse stable, fleshy fruit. Taste presents an exceptionally dry cider, unusually so for French cider, with very light, breezy, airy apple fruit that swiftly bids farewell. The label suggests it is a good accompaniment to seafood and I feel it a wasted opportunity not to have some shrimps with this. Indeed the lack of a good fruity presence, crisp and light on the palate, does suggest it's best enjoyed alongside something like seafood rather than by itself.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
75cl bottle from the producer. Pours a generally clear gold. Aroma of lightly musty cider orchards. Initially spritzy but dries out quite rapidly, some caramel, overripe apple, subtle farmhouse must, pleasantly sweet and drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
75cl bottle from the producer. Cork pops out on unwiring. Lots of bubbles which eventually subside. Aroma is lightly sour, lightly musty. Taste is spritzy with moderate to low apple fruit, light farmhouse must, faint sour, soft bitterness. Perhaps not at its freshest but still plenty of love to give.
minutemat (16258) reviewed Le Cidre 104 Brut from Cidrerie Godefroy 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
330ml bottle from the producer. Drunk on Plage d'Etritat. Pours gold with floating sediment that probably would've settled if I'd left it a few hours. Aroma has light apple fruit. High carbonation which drinking from the bottle didn't help. Some clean, medium apple fruit not too vibrant with some light bitter skins. Not bad but could do with a little more fruit shining through.