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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8.2/10 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

7.4/10 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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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

7.9/10 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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Tried from Bottle on 12 Sep 2024 at 11:34

7.6/10 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

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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

7.6/10 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

7.8/10 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

7.1/10 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