Very dark copper, almost bitter beer brown, pretty clear and slightly sparkling. Nice big nose, almost of a beer from a distance, but stick your nose in it and you get that slightly yeasty fermented cider with a bit of cooked apple. Nice and mellow and inviting. Oh, very nice and smooth. Lots of bittersweet fruit, but not much tannin. Small amount of caramel and toffee in the cooking apple flavour. Roll it over your tongue and you get a taste a bit like a balsamic vinegar but without the acidity. Dries out a little in the lingering aftertaste. This is a very easy to drink cider and for a sweetish cider there's a lot going on so well worth trying. |