Wilding Cider

Cidery in Chew Magna, Somerset, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2018

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Wilding Orchard, Westfield Farm, Limeburn Hill, Chew Magna, BS40 8QW, England
Description
Wilding Cider is made by Beccy & Sam Leach, of former restaurant fame with their wonderful Bristol restaurant Birch. We are orchard cider makers and farmers, based in Chew Magna, North Somerset. We grow mostly Somerset cider apple varieties in traditional orchards, managing them in a careful organic way.

After some years of hobby cider making we went full time in 2018 and scaled up production to 6,500 litres with fruit from our own 4.5 acre orchard and three other orchards around Somerset.

​Fruit is picked from the ground in the old way, let mature and fully ripen before pressing, and then fermented gently and slowly with wild yeasts, no sulphites and plenty of time.

We mostly bottle cider in 75cl sparkling wine bottles and mature for at least a year before release.

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Fine Cider Company. Hazy orangey gold colour, white foam head that rapidly dissipates away and aroma of musty apple, funky. Taste is sweetish, juicy apple, funk, woody, orchardy, leather, with some mellow tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium dry finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2021 at 20:33

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Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2021 at 16:24

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750ml bottle from Scrattings. Opened with a pop and some foam out. Sparkling, golden colour, big foamy white head that dissipates away and aroma of juicy apple, some funk, earthy. Taste is tart, tangy apple, fleshy, zesty, citric, with some orchardy funk and earthy tannins. Medium bodied, fine spikey carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2021 at 22:07

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750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass, Manchester. Orangey amber-gold colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of funky apple, orchardy, caramel. Taste is sweet, fruity, apple, funk, orchardy, earthy, some caramel notes, juicy, with mellow tannin and alittle acidity. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-sweet finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2020 at 19:25

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750ml corked bottle from Fine Cider Co. Orangey gold colour, some short-lived white bubbles on top and aroma of tangy apple, spicy, orange, apple strudel hint. Taste is tangy apple, fruity, orange, with woody orchardy vinuous notes, and spicy tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2020 at 19:12

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750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. 2018 vintage. Hazy orange colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of spicy, fruity, apple, orange, clove, leather, funk. Taste is spicy tangy, tart apple, woody, funky, with orange juice hints, leathery barnyard and drying tannins. Medim bodied, light carbonation, dry orangey funky tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2020 at 16:07

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75cl bottle from Scrattings, shared with Soph at the end of a busy week. Misty orange appearance, gently sweet keeved fruit on the nose. Pleasant moderately sweet keeved fruit character with lightly coarse woody notes running throughout, very low natural carbonation, dusty tannins on the palate, soft funk. Could do with a little more carbonation, but on the whole a very nice keeved cider.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2020 at 18:33

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750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Orangey gold colour, thin white rim and aroma of fruity apple, musty, some funk. Taste is sweet, juicy apple, some core and skin, fruity, with mellow funk and soft tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-sweet finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2020 at 20:41

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Hazy orange colour, no head and aroma of funky bittersweet apple. Taste is fruity, apple, woody, orchardy, mucky barnyard funk, bittersweet with slightly spicy drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tangy tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2020 at 20:54

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750ml bottle. Hazy pale yellow colour, thin white head thatg quickly dissipates away and aroma of perry pear, oily funk. Taste is pear, fruity, fleshy, some tartness with solventy funk. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, dry peary finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jun 2020 at 20:41