Wilding Cider

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

Established in 2018

Contact
Wilding Orchard, Westfield Farm, Limeburn Hill, Chew Magna, BS40 8QW, England
info@wildingcider.co.uk
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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Grumbo
Grumbo (25692) reviewed
Stoke Red 2018 from Wilding Cider
6 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
4/2/2020. Bottle sample courtesy of danlo, cheers Ed! Pours hazy golden orange with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of funky apples, light brown sugar, caramel and a hint of spice. Moderate sweetness and light to moderate tartness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, above average carbonation. Dry, tangy tart finish. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2020 at 21:20
danlo
danlo (13829) reviewed
Run Deep 2017 from Wilding Cider
6 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750ml bottle from Beer Zoo. Orangey golden colour, no lasting head and aroma of tangy apple, horseblanket, barnyard funky, citric. Taste is tart apple, fleshy, citric rind, with funk, bretty notes and some drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tart and tannic finish. Very drinkable,.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2020 at 22:10
danlo
danlo (13829) reviewed
Stoke Red 2018 from Wilding Cider
6 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
750ml bottle from Beer Zoo. Orangey gold colour, white foamy head that dissipates away to a thin rim and aroma of sweet orchardy apple, fruity., light funk. Taste is sweet, apple, fruity, with some mellow drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-sweet tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2020 at 22:24
danlo
danlo (13829) reviewed
Ditcheat Hill from Wilding Cider
6 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
750ml bottle from Beer Zoo. Orangey golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of tangy apple, barnyard funk, caramel hint. Taste is sweet and tangy, fruity apple, woody, orchardy, funky, some slight caramel, along with mellow tannins. Medium bodied, low soft carbonation, medium-dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2020 at 21:20
SHIG
SHIG (14289) reviewed
Draught Dry 2018 from Wilding Cider
6 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at Manchester Beer & Cider Festival: Poured a coppery with no head. Aroma is earth apple. Taste is super dry earthy apple.
Tried from Draft on 25 Jan 2020 at 19:52
danlo
danlo (13829) reviewed
Draught Dry 2018 from Wilding Cider
6 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draught at Manchester Beer & Cider Festival, 2020. Golden amber colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of mellow bittersweet apple, barnyard funk. Taste is tangy apple, light funky, orchardy, barnyard, citric and tannic, spicy. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried on 24 Jan 2020 at 10:50