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 - 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.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2024 at 09:23


6.9
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.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2024 at 00:29


8
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.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Mar 2024 at 00:09


7.4
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.

Tried from Draft on 01 Mar 2024 at 15:25


7.1
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.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2024 at 20:35


8.4
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.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2024 at 19:35


8.2
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.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Feb 2024 at 21:52


7.6
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.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2024 at 19:54


7.6
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.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2024 at 19:21


7.6
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.

Tried from Bottle on 11 Dec 2023 at 21:45