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.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
75cl bottle from Pullo, Exeter. Pours a hazed golden orange, gentle carbonation. Soft cheesy notes, natural apple fruit, distant orangey hints, subtle tannin. Nicely done.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Stoke Red #1 2020 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle pour at The London Cider House, pours a clear, bright, amber orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out gentle champagne-like effervescence, tannins, and red apple skins. Flavour has a bit of farty funk, dry tannins, and red apple core. Weird sulphuric thing I can't quite shake but it seems well-made.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Ditcheat Hill 2022 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle pour at The London Cider House, pours a clear bright orange with a medium white head. Aroma is full of barnyard funk, some tannins, red apple skins, and caramel. Flavour is medium sweet, with plenty of caramel, tannins, red apple, and moderate funk. For a sweet cider, the depth and funk are impressive. Excellent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Burlands Blend from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at The London Cider House, pours a clear bright golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out gentle caramel apple and some cjampagne-like effervescence. Flavour is medium sweet, with toffee, red apple skins, some tannins, and light champagne-like effervescence. The sweetness combines well with the funk and horse blanket character. Very good.
danlo (13133) reviewed Table Perry 2021 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. For #rgpm. Hazed yellow gold colour, no head and aroma of perry pear, fruit, funk hint. Taste is tangy, tart, fruity, floral, perry pear, fleshy, woody, with some acetic funk and drying tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying peary finish. Nicely drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed Cooth Orchard 2021 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Hazy orangey gold colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of juicy apple, stone fruits, fleshy. Taste is sweet & tangy, tart, apple, fleshy, fruity, some peach, hint of barnyard funk, and drying bittersweet tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tart and tannic finish. Very drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed Ditcheat Hill 2022 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Hazy orange golden colour, white foam head that quickly dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of fruit, citrus, apple, leathery funk hint. Taste is sweet, apple, juicy, fruity, hints of strawberry & orange, with orchardy funk, leather and drying bittersweet earthy tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, tart & sweet fruits and tannic at the finish. Very drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed Reasons to be Cheerful 2021 from Wilding Cider 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Golden colour, white foam head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of juicy apple, mucky funk hint. Taste is sweet, juicy, apple, fruity, with leathery funk, muck hint, apple skin, and some bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium-sweet and drying tannic at the finish. Nicely drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Orange golden colour, short-lived white head that dissipates to a thin rim and aroma of mucky apple, fruit, orange citrus. Taste is sweet, fruity, apple, with peachy & strawberry notes, some orchardy funk, leather, muck hint and bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-dry tannic finish with alittle residual sweetness. Nicely drinkable.
danlo (13133) reviewed November 2021 from Wilding Cider 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass, for #rgpm. Pale yellow gold colour, white foam head that dissipate to a thin rim and aroma of perry pear, flowery, citric, woody. Taste is sweetish, tangy, perry pear, floral, citrusy, funk, with some light acidity and tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying peary finish. Nicely drinkable.