Wilce's (Ledbury Cider & Perry Co)
Cidery in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England 🏴
Established in 2013
We have over 34 genuine Herefordshire cider apple varieties to choose from to blend the final cider - each one fermented separately and blended by taste. Fruit picked from the trees when it is at its ripest amd naturally fermented with no added yeasts or sugars. Our process is simple - we pick the apples, wash them, squash them, ferment them, blend them, filter them, pasturise them.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle bought from Hay Wines, Ledbury and drunk at home. Deep, slightly brownish orange, clear with no head. Full Apple aroma, touches of vinegar and caramel. Sour, tangy taste. A souring dryness in the short finish. Woody notes. Medium body with almost no carbonation. Okay.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
BIAB at Nottingham Beer & Cider Festival 2024. Orangey gold colour, thin bubbly rim and aroma of apple, fruit. Taste is sweet, apple, fruity, straw, cardboard undernote, with some funk and drying orchardy tannin. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium sweet tannic finish. Quite drinkable
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
26/1/2023. BIAB at the 14th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Pours clear golden with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is funky, sweet apple, light solvent, mucky and woody. Quite sweet, light bitterness and tartness. Medium body, oily, soft carbonation. Nicely done.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Golden colour, some short-lived bubbles on top and aroma of apple, fleshy. Taste is sweet, apple, fruity, fleshy, with orchardy funk, leather, and juicy spicy tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, lingering sweet and drying tannic finish. Nicely drinkable.
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13
500 ml bottle from Gloucester Services. Pours gold with a dissipating white cap. Aroma: apple, fruity, light funky hints. Taste: light to moderate sweet, tangy apple, light tart, hints of funk, some tannins. Light to medium body with light carbonation. Fair.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
bottle bb7/23 oro carico limpido media gasatura nota mela matura tannico leggero una discreta acidita piuttosto bilanciato
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
500ml bottle from Gloucester Services Farmshop. Golden colour, short-lived bubbly white foam head and aroma of apple, fruity, acetic funk note. Taste is tangy, tart, apple, acetic notes, some farmhouse hunk and drying tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, medium-dry finish. Quite drinkable.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle from Gloucester Services Farmshop. Golden colour, white foam head that dissipates away and aroma of apple, acetic funk. Taste is sweet, apple, funky, leather, orchardy, earthy with some acetic notes and woody tannins. Medium bodied, light carbonation, sweet funky and tannic finish. Quite drinkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draught at Mean Eyed Cat, Newcastle. Amber colour, afew bubbles on top and aroma of solventy funky apple. Taste is sweetish, baked apple, tart, funky, with some mellow tannins. Medium bodied, low carbonation, medium dry finish. Quite drinkable.