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.
danlo (13133) reviewed Commix 2022 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
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.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Oldfield 2022 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
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.
Theydon_Bois (46224) reviewed Commix 2022 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
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.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Dabinett & Foxwhelp 2022 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
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,
danlo (13133) reviewed 1909 Perry 2022 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
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.
danlo (13133) reviewed Home Orchard 2022 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
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.
danlo (13133) reviewed Dabinett & Foxwhelp 2022 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
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.
danlo (13133) reviewed Burlands 2022 (Bottle) from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
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.
danlo (13133) reviewed Brown's Apple 2022 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
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.
Grumbo (24387) reviewed Cooth Orchard 2021 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
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.