Garrold (11394) reviewed Cidre de Glace from Domaine Pinnacle 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. M&S, Meadowhall, Sheffield. Clear, dark gold. Big aroma of freshly stewed, still warm, lightly caramelised dessert apples. On top of that, there’s a little solvent booziness. Taste is very sweet. There’s some apple core / apple pip dryness. Palate is a little boozy, with an astringency keeping things in check. Finish is juicy, dessert apple sweet. Light dry, boozy close. Dryer and fresher than I thought it might be. Very nice.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10
375 ml. bottle shared by Kraddel during the (Ice) Cider/Perry tasting @ Barely Legal Tasting Room. Thank you! Small sample. Golden. Sweet straightforward apple, sweet & sugary. Taste is warming apple syrup, caramel, sugar, huge apple, light spices. Thick body. About as straight-forward as Ice Cider can get. Amazing all the same, I really, really like Ice Cider. I can see why this ranks so high, very straightforward, very approachable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle thnx to Tom 10101 . Smell is sweet, applesauce . Intense, as it should be . Taste is intense, sweet applesauce, bit booze , Very nice
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Sample in front of Marche Bonsecours in the Old Port. Maple cider 18% very much maple syrup aroma and flavor, incredibly rich and tasty. Glowing amber color. 5% calvados. Deliciously sweet.
KansaiBeerLovers (8927) reviewed Réserve 1859 from Domaine Pinnacle 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Sample in front of Marche Bonsecours in the Old Port. Reserve 2859 the signature barrel aged for 2 years in oak with calvados 18% golden amber lots of heat, maple, oak very good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample in front of Marche Bonsecours in the Old Port. Very pale gold very dry finish tart apple semi-sweet. A really nice cider but it doesn’t stand out.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2007 bottle from my Mom. 12% served with dessert, bottle from my Mom. A great looking copper gold that reminds me of maple syrup. Wonderful full bready apple aroma, sweet and lovely. Really sweet apple sauce, bready, a bit tart really delicious.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
It’s Pinnacle’s 2005 Reserve Ice Cider. 12% Bottle that was a gift from my folks, thanks! Drunk to celebrate St-Jean with some apple pie & vanilla ice cream. Served in a champagne flute. It pours a glowing amber color and has a potent sweet apple, almost apple blossom aroma with some booziness and even notes of candy caramel. Soft silky smooth mouthfeel and full body. Tart apple flavor, peppery, sweet, sugary, juicy apple taste and a slow burning warmth going down your throat. Paired with the vanilla ice cream that vanilla and creamy character is accented with the ice cider comes off softer and more delicately. Paired with the pie you get more spice out of the cider, lots of heat and caramel very piquante. I had no idea a cider could be so complex.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared by Victor at Monday Night Tasting. Pours reddish amber. Nose/taste of sugared apple, sugared pear, frozen apple cider and caramelized apple with vanilla. Full bodied.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Reflet D'Hiver from Domaine Pinnacle 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at 7k/5k. Pours golden amber. Nose/taste of brown sugar, frozen apples and frozen cider. Full bodied.