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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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home, from Elston & Son online, 06/09/23. Golden copper with a good sized just off white head that stays a while, good head work for a cider! Nose is tarte apple, cider ice lolly, hedgerow, straw, light farmyard twang. Taste comprises bitter sweet apples, modest funk, tannins, caramelised apple, sugar dusting, vinous strains. Medium bodied, light spritzy carbonation, drying close. Solid apple joose for just 3.9%. Was riding at a 3.8 but dipped to 3.7 after a while ... just a touch overly sweet for me.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Sep 2023 at 17:05


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

750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Golden colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fruity. Taste is sweetish, apple, fruity, with some skin, funk, alittle tartness and orchardy, bittersharp tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying mellow tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2023 at 21:49


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

2021 lieve ambrato quasi limpido praticamente piatto medio tannino morbido acidita abbastanza contenuta quasi agrume finale

Tried on 01 Jul 2023 at 18:40


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

Sample courtesy of Theydon_Bois, cheers Colin! Orangey gold colour, short-lived foam head that dissipates to a white rim and aroma of fruity apple, some funk. Taste is sweet, apple, fruity, caramel hint, orchardy, barnyard funk, woody with bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying tannic finish. Nicely drikable.

Tried on 23 Jun 2023 at 19:53


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home, from Elston & Son online, 21/05/23. Moderately hazed golden orange with a just off white cap that thins to swirl ... good head presence for a cider. Nose is apple skins, light caramel, crisp apple, sugars, Taste comprises bitter sweet apple, light barnyard nip, modest funk, apple skin, tannins, farmyard notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Solid well balanced bitter sweet affair, crisp, refreshing with just a hit of funk.

Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2023 at 16:20


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

750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Hazy orangey gold colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fruity, funk, slight muck hint. Taste is sweet, apple, fruity, juicy, with some orchardy barnyard funk and bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-dry funky tannic finish,. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2023 at 20:54


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

750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Orange gold colour, no lasting head and aroma of mucky funk, fruity apple. Taste is sweet, fruity, cooked apple, syrupy, then funky, horseblanket, mucky, leather notes, and citric, slightly tart, with some drying tannins. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-dry funky light tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2023 at 20:20


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Clear golden colour, afew short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of fruity apple, alittle funk. Taste is slightly tart, fruity, apple, tangy, with woody notes, some horsey barnyard funk, and sharp drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, dry tart & tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2023 at 18:16


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

750ml bottle from Fine Cider Co. Hazy orange colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of fruity apple, orchardy, funk, mucky hint. Taste is sweetish, fruity, apple, juicy, with farmhouse funk, leather, earthy orchard, green wood, alittle citric tartness and lots of drying tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, drying tart and tannic at the finish. Very drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Mar 2023 at 18:11


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

Panda 🐼 at home big thanks to Colin. A hazed deep orange coloured pour with a halo of white head. . Aroma is semi sweet, melow funk, bark frunky apple, little horsey funk. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, woody, dry bark, tangy apple, bark, horsey funk, twist of lmeon, nice funk. Palate is semi sweet, light tart, mellow carbonation, spicy finish. Nice.

Tried on 05 Mar 2023 at 22:32