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Cider apples come in a wonderful array with hundreds of shapes, colours and sizes. Each variety brings its own distinct character to cider. If you respect the natural alchemy of cider-making, allowing enough time for the flavour notes to slowly reveal themselves, we believe that each cider apple has a unique song to sing.
Making cider from fresh juice, there is one production each year, which starts when the fruit is harvested in the autumn. We are 100% committed to this juice and have just one opportunity to make a vintage of delectable ciders and perries for the following year.
We add winemakers' yeast to the fresh juice and it is stored in the barn where it slowly ferments. You can hear it bubbling away, slower and quieter when the temperature drops in deepest winter.
As the first blossom is finally appearing on the apple trees, the cider in the barn is racked off into a new vessel for a secondary fermentation. This last stage gives smoothness and balance to the cider, by which the full complexity of flavour can shine through.
Making cider from fresh juice, there is one production each year, which starts when the fruit is harvested in the autumn. We are 100% committed to this juice and have just one opportunity to make a vintage of delectable ciders and perries for the following year.
We add winemakers' yeast to the fresh juice and it is stored in the barn where it slowly ferments. You can hear it bubbling away, slower and quieter when the temperature drops in deepest winter.
As the first blossom is finally appearing on the apple trees, the cider in the barn is racked off into a new vessel for a secondary fermentation. This last stage gives smoothness and balance to the cider, by which the full complexity of flavour can shine through.
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample courtesy of Cheeseboard, cheers Simon! Clear pale golden colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of perry pear, fleshy, caramel, funky notes. Taste is peary, fruity, perry, some flowery notes, alittle funk, with caramel & honey hints, mellow acidity and light tannin. Syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, medium sweet drying peary finish. Nicely drinkable.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2024
at 17:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample courtesy of Cheeseboard, cheers Simon! Clear golden colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fruit, core. Taste is sweet, red apple, fruity, some core and light acidity. Medium bodied, light carbonation, drying acidic finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
on 21 Sep 2024
at 18:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500 ml bottle online from Stori, Bala. Pours clear mid gold with a fast dissipating opaque head. Aroma: mellow apple, smidge of funk, Taste: light to moderate sweet, clean, lightly dry, bittersweet apple, low tannins. Light to medium body with lightly spritzy carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2024
at 20:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
330 ml bottle online from Stori, Bala. Pours clear pale yellow with hardly any head. Aroma: sweet perry pear. Taste: moderate sweet, clean, lightly crisp, sweet pear. Towards medium body with no/low carbonation. Nice flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2024
at 20:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
500ml bottle from Tanners Wine Merchants, Hereford and drunk at home. Lightish gold, clear with a little bit of head fizzing up. Slightly sour apple skin in the aroma, a little touch of sugared pear drop. A nice little balance in the taste, although it’s more sweet than medium with just a bit of acidic tang. Short sweet finish.watery body with carbonation on the heavy side. There’s not an incredible amount to it but it certainly is a pleasant cider.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2023
at 21:17
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle - Pours a lightly hazed golden amber colour with a short lived fizzy head. The aroma is apples, sweet pulp, stewed and skins. A medium sweet fruity taste, sweet apples, caramel, tannins and a light bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2022
at 17:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
330ml bottle from Bottle & Barrel, Aberystwyth. Shared with Soph in the company of Fly Skywalker. Clear pale gold. Familiarly sweet perry pear aroma. Oily on the palate, clean and gently sweet overall with good blakeney red notes shining through. Decent simple perry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2020
at 15:08
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle from Wynyard Hall Park. Reddish orangey-amber colour, short-lived white foam head and aroma of raspberry, jammy. Taste is sweet, juicy apple with raspberry flavour and some tartness. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, sweet raspberry finish. OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jun 2019
at 21:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Crafty Nectar. 900th cider rating. Orange gold colour, short-lived fizzy white foam head and aroma of mellow apple, funk, tannin. Taste is orchardy, apple, sweet, caramel, fudge, with light funk and earthy tannin. Oily mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft to medium carbonation, semi-dry tannic finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2018
at 18:51
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml bottle. Golden colour, short-lived white foam head and fruity apple & rhubarb aroma. Taste is sweetish, some tartness, musty ripe apple with rhubarb and hint of funk. Slick mouthfeel, light to medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, dry tart rhubarby finish. Quite drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2018
at 15:40