Maison Sassy

Client Brewer in Manneville-la-Pipard, Normandie, France 🇫🇷

Established in 2014

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Le Clos Noirval, Manneville-la-Pipard, 14130, France
Description
Friends for more than 20 years, Pierre-Emmanuel and Xavier grew up together in Normandy. They had the ambition to modernize the first alcoholic beverage consumed by any young self-respected Normand : the cidre.

Determined by the desire to create a quality, hand-crafted, French product and by the aspiration to come back to the source / back to basics, they aimed at increasing the value of a decisively modern product, forgotten despite its numerous energetic and gustatory qualities.

(“Gluten-free, 100 % natural, the least calorific alcoholic drink”- it has less than 50 calories for a glass of 15cl).
Helped by a cellar master with a well-known expertise, Pierre-emmanuel and Xavier have been developing their project for more than one year. Their work resulted in the launch of Sassy, the first contemporary cider brand “Made in Normandy”.

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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sample (thanks fonefan!). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is sweet apples, mild sugary and silght fructose. Flavour is sweet apple jam, some sugar, fructose and mild tartish tones. Sweet, but very bodied.

Tried on 23 Nov 2023 at 11:23


4.5

Tried on 25 Aug 2023 at 21:48


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

Bouteille 33cl au Duck & Waffle, London à tout de même 8£ la petite bouteille.
Couleur dorée, qcq fines bulles arrivent à la surface mais retombent aussi vite.
Arôme est plaisant avec une belle mise en avant des pommes - ici, aromatique fruité avec une petite pointe boisée et un léger fleuri.
Palais est frais, bien fruité sur l'apport des pommes avce une fine acidité et un fini sec marqué. Belle effervescence qui vient titiller le palais avec en rertait une fine douceur.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2023 at 17:45


6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

November 2017: 750 ml corked & caged clear bottle, as Sassy Cidre L'Inimitable, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 5.2%. Deep golden colour, pours fizzy with a shortlived white head. Pleasant aroma of cider apples and dessert apples, hints of oak and sulphites. Slightly sweet flavour of apples, oak and sulphites.

Tried from Bottle from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk (netstore) on 27 Jun 2023 at 22:03


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

330 ml bottle, as Sassy Cidre Small Batch, Batch No. 02, year 2022, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 5%. Moderately hazy golden colour, pours vigorously sparkling with a large white head that actually lasts a while. Pleasant aroma of cider apples, a hint of oak and sulphites. Medium sweet flavour of apples and oak, a hint of sulphites again. A very good cider.

Tried from Bottle from Vinmonopolet Nettbutikk (netstore) on 20 Jun 2023 at 22:27


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

Bottle. Slightly unclear golden body under a fading, foamy white head. Strong aroma, ripe apples, wood, slightly funky with a hint of caramel. Taste is sweet, ripe apple, funky notes, mild wood and hint of caramel. Balanced body with long lasting aftertaste. Quite straight forward, but still some complexity to be found. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2023 at 07:46


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

YG 040423. L inimitable was written over the top of the bottle. Deep golden color with a shorlived white head. Aroma is apple, mature apple. Flavor is apple, mature apple, sourness, oak sulphur. OK cider.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2023 at 07:11


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. A clear, sparkling, deep golden cider with some off-white bubbles on top. Lightly funky aroma, barnyard, hay, leather and barnyard, with a good dash of fresh apple juice. Dusty, cellar-ish. It's full-bodied, quite sweet and softly carbonated, with an apple driven flavor. Funky, grassy, sweet and lightly toffee-ish. Perhaps a bit too funky, and too sweet, but nice anyway. A bit challenging though. 230404

Tried from Bottle on 04 Apr 2023 at 17:48


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle as Sassy Cidre Rosé. Pours clear red with a thin white head. Aroma is sweet red apples. Taste is light to medium sweet, tart, red apples. Tart finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Mar 2023 at 09:02


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

Panda at home, thanks to Fergus, 30/01/23. Very light haze on a golden pour with a fast collapsing just off white head that stays in part as spotting. Nose is bitter sweet apple, light herb, grass, orchard wood, caramel. Taste comprises crisp apple, light sugar dusting, straw, hedgerow, vinous twang. Medium bodied, light spritzy carbonation, drying close. Solid Cidre, would crush in the summer, delivers well on 5%.

Tried on 30 Jan 2023 at 18:19