Recorded by Charles Martell as ‘one of the very best vintage pears.’ This Gloucestershire variety makes a superb perry with light and easy drinking qualities, full of pleasant pear notes that give it a smooth flavour. It is gently acidic, with subtle notes across the palate of delicious apricot marmalade.…
Improved Lambrook Pippin is a Somerset variety that makes an absolutely delicious eating apple. Ripe in mid October, it does not keep very well, so every year Albert gets eating with aplomb! This delicate cider bellies it’s 6.5% abv with an incredibly juicy aroma, hints of pineapple and a gently…
Each year in our cider barn we make over 100 different containers of cider. Each year some surprise you, offering a gorgeous flavour far beyond your hopes. This blend does exactly that; bittersharp and bittersweet apples in perfect harmony and balance. A cider with joyous fruit that we bottled young…
One of our favourite apples – but an unknown variety! We planted these trees in the late 1980s as Ball’s Bittersweet, only for DNA identification in 2022 to reveal an astonishing truth – not only were they not Ball’s Bittersweet, they have a completely unknown genetic profile! A unique mystery…
Raison d’Être is the quintessential expression of cidermaking on our farm. Our philosophy in a single cider: clean, ripe, bittersweet apples wild fermented in oak casks, matured patiently and quietly, and bottle conditioned. This is a cider with drinkability, complexity, and identity, that takes you on a journey from the…
Raison D’etre is the quintessential expression of cider making on our farm. Our philosophy in a single cider: clean, ripe, bittersweet apples wild fermented in oak casks, matured patiently and quietly and bottle conditioned. This is a cider with drinkability, complexity and identity, that takes you on a journey from…
The 2020 Raison d’etre is fantastic and unique. Due to the growing conditions, for the first time, Michelin, which DNA analysis revealed to actually be the variety Bisquet, is the dominant apple in the blend. Bisquet is a much softer and leaner variety than Dabinet and accordingly the oak cask…
Sherrington Norman is a very old French variety that was first propagated in Herefordshire by the Bulmer brothers. Today it is not widely available due to a high susceptibility to scab and its drooping growing habit rendering it unsuitable for machine orchards. A great shame as it produces an individual…
A favourite apple of ours: a mild bittersweet which fruits early in the season. It has a soft, gentle flavour, characterised by a fruity middle and delicious light tannins that combine with satisfying drinkability. It is of origin unknown as centuries ago, many apples were known simply as ‘Redstreak,’ but…
In 2014 we grafted a row of Spanish varieties in our Strawberry field orchard, managing to lose the list identifying them in the process. This is the second release from those apples, and this time we have been able to capture the cider Pet Nat. The flavour profile is reminiscent…
Speckled russet is the name we gave to this unidentified pear, which looked unlike anything we have ever seen before or found documented! However, it is delicious and satisfying to drink, with texture, tannins, a hint of pepper and a touch of juicy sweetness. 500ml. 6.7%.
This cider is a delightful single orchard blend produced with bittersweet apples we bought from Stockmoor Farm in Herefordshire. A savoury aroma, spiced with raisins, leads into a light and gentle cider with subtle dancing apple flavours dancing across the tongue, completed with a characterful barrel finish. Described by Mike…
Stoke Red is a bittersharp apple variety which produces a cider with a balance of both acidity and tannin. This bottle is made from just one single tree, planted on the farm nearly 40 years ago. In 2021, the fruit had higher than normal tannins, so we gave this cider…
Tardive Forestier, whilst widely recommended in the 1930s, is not found on many farms today and detailed information on the variety is scarce. Here, even 28 months of maturation later, the flavour retains a fierce bitterness, with hints of coriander. This is almost certainly the only single variety Tardive Forestier…
This is Thorn, but not as you know it. 90% Thorn, 10% Flakey Bark meets fermentation in ex-Raison D’etre barrels. The result is completely unique. Rather than the big acidity of Thorn, or the challenging astringency of Flakey, or even the smoke of oak casks, everything is rolled into one.…
Made from the same batch as our keg conditioned Thorn, Flakey & Friends – this is a delightful perry. We enjoyed the blend, but I had no idea it would come out so perfectly in the bottle. Lots of flavour, beautiful balance. 750ml. 6%.
An excellent variety, thought to originate between Much Marcle and Dymock. A generous cropper, this pear was favoured as it has a very upright growing habit, making it ideal for orchards grazed by cattle, as the branches all grow out of reach of the livestock. One synonym is ‘Longstalk, which…
An excellent variety originating before 1886 somewhere around Much Marcle and Dymock. A generous cropper, the tree grows very straight upright, handy for livestock grazing! The flavour is crisp and tangy, reminiscent of the very best artisan lemonades. 500ml. 7%
Winnal’s Longdon was raised by Mr Winnall of Woodfield, just 5 miles away from our farm, around 1970. It is one of the most beautiful perry pears with a long, drooping shape and a red and yellow flush. The flavour is exquisite: a citrussy, marmaladey burst of juicy fruit. Effortlessly…
Yarlington Mill is one of the very best varieties. These apples however were pressed slightly overripe and the result is this cider is not as bold as our favourite Yarlington’s. It carries the classic character of Yarly – clove, nutmeg, juiciness, but perhaps without the depth of flavour we would…
Yellow Huffcap is a wonderful variety, but it is one of those pears that could also be described as a “nightmare”. As a tree it is magnificent; easily growing to more than fifty foot tall. That becomes a challenge during harvest as this is one of those pears which “bletts’…
Yellow Huffcap is a wonderful perry pear with a rich history going back centuries. It is a challenge to produce as the fruit has only a day long ripening window before it turns to mush. If you catch it, you are rewarded with a delightful, rather alcoholic perry with lots…
A joining of worlds. Ross on Wye’s Dabinett, fermented in Kentucky oak barrels, with its aromatic vanilla, gentle and complex tannins, melded with Nightingale’s Bramley, with bracing acidity and delicious green sourness. We tried a dozen blends, but this one tells a story of East and West, of Kentish and…