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 - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda at home, thanks to Danlo, 12/06/22. Almost clear golden with a thin white covering that veers edgewards. Nose is dusty apples, caramel, hint of vanilla, straw, herb. Taste comprises funky apple, tannins, straw, orchard wood, phenols, duty apples. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close. Solid cider.

Tried on 12 Jun 2022 at 18:48


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

750ml bottle from Wilding Cider. Golden colour, thin white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of perry pear, fruity, some funk. Taste is sweetish, fruity, perry pear, with a honey-like note and mellow tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-dry finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2022 at 21:50


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

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Clear orange gold colour, no lasting head and aroma of fruity apple, juicy, light funk. Taste is sweetish, slightly tart, apple, fruity, juicy, orchardy, with hints of peach, light funk, and bittersweet drying tannins. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, minerally dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2022 at 18:37


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

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Pours an orangey gold colour, white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of apple, musty, pulpy, some caramel hints. Taste is tangy, juicy apple, fleshy, fruity, some acidity and drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2022 at 17:21


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

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Hazy orange colour, no head and aroma of acetic, apple, barnyard funk. Taste is sweetish, tangy, apple, orchardy, horseblanket funky, with mellow bittersweet tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, funky finish. Nicely drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2022 at 20:04


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Slightly hazed orange gold colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of apple,fruity, light funk. Taste is tart, tangy, apple, fruity, some leathery funk and drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry tannic finish. Nicely drinkable

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2022 at 16:16


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

Bottle pour at crossover blendery. A hazed golden orange coloured pour with a fine white head that lasts. Aroma is semi sweet, vibrant juicy apple, copella, light tart, fresh juicy apple. Flavour is composed of meaty apple, juicy to a bone dry mineral finish,. Palate is uber dry, mineral, fine carbonation. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2022 at 12:48


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

750ml bottle from Cat in the Glass. Clear orange gold colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, toffee. Taste is sweet, apple, juicy, initial hints of smoky funk, bacon, leather, and fruity, peachy, with some mellow tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium-sweet finish. Nicely drnkable.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2022 at 21:30


3.6
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 15

750ml bottle from Beer Necessities, Bristol. Pours golden with a dissipating white cap. Aroma: tangy apple, sweet apple, caramel, light funky. Taste: dry, tangy apple, apple skins, funky, earthy, some tannins. Medium body with spritzy carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2022 at 18:38


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

750ml bottle. Orangey gold colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of perry pear. Taste is tangy, tart, perry pear, fleshy, with alittle solventy funk, and some tannin. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2022 at 20:41