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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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda courtesy of Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Orange golden colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of fleshy apple, fruit, some funk. Taste is sweetish, tangy, tart, apple, fleshy, fruity, orchardy, with caramel, barnyard funky notes and juicy drying bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried on 11 Sep 2024 at 22:03


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle at home, picked up from Cat In A Glass online, 08/09/24. Light yellow golden with a white cap that dissipates edgewards ... a few floaties evident. Nose is bitter sweet pear, light funk, hedgerow, tangy orchard fruits. Taste comprises pear skins, stewed orchard fruit, tannins, vinous trace, light sugars. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Top drawer perry.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2024 at 15:25


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home, picked up from Cat In A Glass online, 08/09/24. Golden copper with a fast escaping white head. Nose is crisp apple, straw, orchard wood, light funk, barnyard nip. Taste comprises bitter sweet apple, tannins, caramel, straw, barnyard nip, light acidity. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light drying close. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2024 at 14:53


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Panda thanks to Danlo: Poured a yellow orange with a white frothy head. Aroma is fruity, apple, citric, acidy, sharpness. Taste is blended fruitiness, apple, berry like but not prominent, tannins, some acidic,

Tried on 05 Aug 2024 at 00:50


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle pour at the Cider House, Borough Market. Hazed golden colour, no head and aroma of fruit, sweet pear, funk hint. Taste is sweet, tangy, perry pear, fruity, stone fruit, caramel, funky hints, with some acidity and tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying fruity peary finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2024 at 21:46


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Orangey gold colour, thin white rim and aroma of astringent funk, apple. Taste is sweet, apple, orchardy, leather, meaty funk, wood, with drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying medium tangy tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2024 at 20:57


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

750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Hazed orange golden colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of apple, fleshy, fruit, citric, strawberry hints, funk. Taste is sweet, apple, fruity, juicy, kumquat, marmalade, with stewed strawberry notes, some balanced acidity and tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2024 at 21:37


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

750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Cloudy orange gold colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of apple, fleshy fruit, funk. Taste is sweet & tart, tangy, apple, fruity, citrusy acidic, with hints of toffee, caramel, some woody & funky notes and drying tannin. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, medium dry tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2024 at 20:25


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Wilding cider rating #50. Hazed orange colour, short-lived bubbly off-white head and aroma of apple, citric, strawberry hint, funk. Taste is sweet, apple, fruity, fleshy, tart, with zingy citric, ripe strawberry notes, some farmyard funky hints, acidity and tannin. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, medium drying tart & tannic finish. Very drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2024 at 19:52


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

29/5/2024. Bottle shared by danlo, cheers Ed. Pours cloudy pale orange gold with a small white head. Aroma is fleshy apple, stone fruits, grassy, orange, funky edge. Moderate sweetness and tartness, medium bitterness and body. Low carbonation. Drying finish. Quite unusual, well done.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2024 at 21:17