Cidriculteur Eric Bordelet

Cidery in Charchigné, Pays de la Loire, France 🇫🇷

Established in 1992

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Chateau de Hauteville, Charchigné, 53250, France
Description
Known more as a cutting-edge cider maker, Eric Bordelet was a top sommelier at Arpege in Paris, before returning home to Normandy in 1992 to take over the family business. He biodynamically grows more than 20 apple varieties and 15 pear varieties

Production Overview: Manual harvesting from September to December. Fruit is coarsely crushed and gently pressed with settling and racking of the juice. Fermentation using traditional and natural ‘methode ancestrale’ (using only the fruits natural sugars) in vats and bottled retaining natural balance of sugar and acidity with additions of sulphites (mineral and solution) between 50-80 mg depending on cuvee and vintage. These are naturally gently sparkling in order to retain the original quality of each fruit.

Orchards: Mostly estate fruit with Poire Granit coming from very old trees scattered throughout the region. 30 varieties of apples, 20 varieties of pears and 8 varieties of Cormes.

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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
75cl bottle from Pukka Wines, Shrewsbury. Bottle says 5.5%. Comes in a proper fancy bottle with a nice cork too (which went to the dog as always). Expected a fizzy affair and got it, but a bit too light, clean and fizzy for my tastes. The rosy, juicy fruitiness is there and gives an elegant lift to the glass but it’s much too subtle for me. Personally I prefer my cider a little rougher round the edges.
Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2014 at 10:47

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle, 50cl. A clear, golden ice perry, flat, with lots of pears in the aroma, really concentrated, with white sugar and some spiced notes. The alcohol is present too. Some warmth on the palate, it’s full-bodied and quite acidic, but the acid is kept under strict control by the sweetness. Lots of ripe pears in the flavor, white sugar and a faint spiced touch. Some apple core. Lasting finish with sweet, concentrated pear dominating. A really nice one, unfortunately damn expensive, else I’d most definitely repeat it. 140322
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2014 at 13:30

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Sampled at VANØ annual meeting2014. Clear, deep golden body with no carbonation. The texture is almost a bit oily like olive oil. Strong, intense aroma of pear with a hint of apples as well. Flavor is very sweet, concentrated pear juice in a refined way. I feels pure and clean, can almost feel the pear core and somehow there is also a bit of apple cider present somehow. Even if it’s extremely sweet it doesn’t feels too sticky, probably due to the relatively high alcohol content. It’s a fine and delicate balance between sweetness and alcohol. Very nice.
Tried from Can on 23 Mar 2014 at 09:21

7.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
golden apple marmelade tannin little woody low acidity medium body medium dry ness
Tried on 11 Jan 2014 at 04:06

7.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle 500ml. clear glass @ [ pre-TSODRBSG13 ], Ulfborg.Clear medium orange yellow colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy apple, concentrated apples, light wood. Flavour is heavy sweet with a long duration, concentrated appls, celleri, sweet apples, dry, sulfur notes. Body is medium to full, texture is syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light to moderate alcoholic. [20130830]
Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2013 at 10:49

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at TSODRBSG 13. Deep golden colour with no head. Aroma is sugar, apple, pear. Flavour is sugar, apple, pear, alcohol, oak. Very nice ice cider/Perry.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2013 at 11:30

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Danish Summer Gathering, 2013. Pours clear golden with a bubbly head. Sulphur, oak, red apples, pear. Sweet, dry and vinous. Lovely sipper.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2013 at 05:43

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled @ RB Danish Summer Gathering 2013 day 1, Ulfborg. Bottle. Clear pale yellow to golden color, no head. Aroma mostly resembles apple juice. Taste has apple, sour apple and slightly prunes or plums. Hmm not bad.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2013 at 14:02

6.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Clear golden with no head. Aroma is apples, fruit, perfume and sulfur. Flavour is apples, medium sweet, olie, herbs and little sulfur.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2013 at 13:49

6.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering. No head. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are pears, alcohol, sugar and has a nice warming finish.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2013 at 13:48