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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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750ml bottle pour at Edinburgh Cider Salon, Montrose Restaurant, 01Dec2024. Golden colour, thin bubbly rim and aroma of apple flesh. Taste is appley, fleshy, fruity, with oaky barrel notes and drying bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, very dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2024 at 22:00


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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle pour at Edinburgh Cider Salon, Montrose Restaurant, 01Dec2024. Golden colour, thin white foam rim and aroma of apple, musty, fruit. Taste is sweetish, tangy, apple, orchardy, with a meaty funk note, some acidity and bittersharp tannins. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter tannic finish. Very drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Dec 2024 at 21:32


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Panda from Danlo, cheers Ed. Pours gold with minor white foam. Aroma: perry pear, fruity, mild funk. Taste: bittersweet, tangy, perry pear, oak, funky, mildly sharp/acidic, light tannins. Medium body with low carbonation.

Tried on 13 Nov 2024 at 23:07


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

14/11/2024. Bottle shared by Colin, cheers. Pours very slightly hazy orange amber with a few bubbles. Aroma is funky, fleshy apple, tangy, orange, twiggy, straw. Moderate sweetness, light tartness, slightly citric and drying. Medium body, low carbonation. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2024 at 18:33


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

14/11/2024. Bottle shared by Colin, cheers. Pours clear pale gold with a few bubbles. Aroma is peary, baked, caramel, citrus, lightly funky, peachy, hedgerow. Medium sweetness, light tartness. Medium body, light carbonation. Nice sweet tart brown sugary finish. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2024 at 18:32


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

14/11/2024. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed. Pours clear golden with an orange tint and a few bubbles. Aroma is woody, perry pear, funky, straw, hedgerow. Lovely drying woody bittersweet and tart taste. Medium body, light carbonation. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2024 at 18:32


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. For #rgpm. Golden colour, bubbly white head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of perry pear, floral, fruits, funk. Taste is sweetish, tangy, flowery, perry pear, fleshy, stone fruit, white currant, with some citric acidity, funky and drying tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry peary acidic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2024 at 20:30


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass, for #rgpm. Bronzey gold colour, thin white foam rim and aroma of perry pear, fruit, hay, funk. Taste is tangy, perry pears, wood, oaky, funky, fruity, straw hints, with slight acetic acidity and some tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, with a peary tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Sep 2024 at 19:20


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda courtesy of Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Clear yellow golden colour, foamy white head that dissipates away and aroma of floral, pear, mucky funk. Taste is sweetish, perry pear, fleshy, citric, flowery, with some acidity and drying tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry floral peary acidic & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried on 13 Sep 2024 at 21:21


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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

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Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2024 at 11:34