Verger Hemmingford

Cidery in Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Verger Hemmingford - Out of business

Established in 1994

Closed in 2024

Contact
617 Rte 202, Hemmingford, J0L 1H0, Canada
Description
Formerly known as 'La Face Cachée De La Pomme' and 'Domaine Neige' but those names no longer legally belong to François Pouliot. But this is the same orchard where the original ice cider producer continues his business after losing his trademark names in a legel settlement with his former business partners.

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
75 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is high carbonation and and critrusy. Citric and dry. Smooth fruity.crisp apples finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2013 at 09:02

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5

2016-01-20, tasting at Matt’s, 7.5% ABV,
Confirming.

2013-02-23, bottle from the La Face Cachée de la Pomme stand at the Christmas Market (Marché de Noël), La Défense, Paris; 7.5% ABV
Demi-sec

Pale yellow color, with nice perlage. Very fresh apple aroma, followed by some candied apple. The mouthfeel is semi-sweet, well carbonated; good flavor of sour apples, hence a good degree of acidity.
A bit pricey, but nice; the aroma is much more interesting than the flavor.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Feb 2013 at 12:31

9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 9
2009 Vintage. 375mL bottle, pours an uncarbonated clear golden. Aroma is full of pure apples, honey, vanilla, and a little treacle. Flavour is supremely complex, with loads of vanilla, treacle, honey and apples. The depth of flavours and richness is remarkable - the palate is sweet, but not cloying, leaving rich notes of caramel apple, vanilla and treacle toffee. Oh man is this good. Bloody fantastic.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2013 at 21:16

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled, thanks fiulijn! Clear deep amber. Concentrated aroma of fresj apples. Sweet and viscous with oily mouthfeel. Full bodied, yet soft. Highly concentrated, yet not overpowering, with a huge array of flavour; viola red apples, honey and balsam. Perhaps a bit sticky, but overall one of the most amazing ciders I’ve tried.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2013 at 14:12

9.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 9
Bottle from the La Face Cachée de la Pomme stand at the Christmas Market (Marché de Noël), La Défense, Paris
Vintage 2009, 8% ABV

Limpid Baltic amber made into liquid. Deep aroma of apple juice, caramel, stewed pears, light aroma of hazelnuts too. Luscious fruit syrup, perfect balance between apple and pear, the right mild amount of caramelized or strewed fruits, and also the acidity is delicate and perfectly balanced.
Delicious.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2013 at 23:10

9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Bottle at home with apple pie. Lovely orange amber, clear but oily and slick. No head or bubbles. Nose of apple, honey, light spice, sherbert,, light tannic skin. Got better as it warmed, but the flavor was another level. Sweet apple, light acid, honey, orange, with a spicy, lightly peppery, alcohol finish. Full, velvety body with soft, slightly prickly carbonation. Perfect balance of sweet apple and green tartness with alcohol. Absolutely wonderful.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2012 at 05:13

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bouteille(@ Le Moissonnier, Cologne, Allemagne): Clear, deep, deep golden coloured, no head - as expected; not overly sweet nose: apples,baked apples, apple peels and apple pips, accompanied by traces of bisquits and raisins; totally solid sweet flavour, but not without a balancing acidity, full bodied, oily MF; sweet finish, well balanced by a solid acidity, apples, raisins and bisquits in the aftertaste. A nice, easy-drinking session-cider…
Tried on 04 Oct 2012 at 14:03

9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 10
Bottle 375ml. clear glass @ [ Edinburgh Danish Invasion Tasting) by cgarvieuk - Edinburgh ]. [ Vintage 2008 ]. Clear medium to dark orange colour with no head. Aroma is heavy apple, intense apple, moderate strawberry porridge. Flavour is heavy sweet with a long long duration, apple, intense apple, strawberry porridge, nectar notes. Body is medium to full, texture is syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20120422]
Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2012 at 03:33

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
bottle - This cider has an incredibly rich aroma of ripe apples with notes of flowers and brown sugar. The flavor is syrupy sweet and smooth but it works oh so well. It has rich apple sweetness and tart character at the same time. The natural sugars are sweet and delicious and the finish is pleasantly warming. Remarkable. As it turns out, it happens to get the same total rating as the previous La Face ice cider that I rated. Makes sense. I couldn’t decide which was better though I had them months apart.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2012 at 22:33

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled, thanks fiulijn! My god, the aroma of green apples is so concentrated! Sweet and intense, hazy golden without head. Viscous with green apple concentrate and lemon peels. Warming syrupy finish. Amazing!
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2012 at 14:27