A balanced, refreshing blend of local, donated apples and Somerset Dabinett The ratio of local apples to the imported Dabinett is around 50/50. The locals provide clean, fresh-apple notes and angular acidity, the Dabinett brings its distinctive aroma over the top and provides a mildly tannic, lingering finish which sets…
Halfway cultured, halfway wild …we’re talking yeasts here. At the beginning, the plan had been simple – the main, 600 litre tank would be used for the master-blend of cultured fermentations, the lesser, 400 litre tank would be used to blend the wild fermentations into. However, when we got to…
The apple trees for this still cider were planted on the west-sloping meadow of an abandoned dairy consisting of thin and granitic Appalachian loam. Made from twenty varieties of late-harvested apples with the combined juice left to mature in stainless steel. Unfiltered, un-fined, it’s both earthy and wild, yet gracefully…
Poire Authentique Eric Bordelet Pear Cider, biodynamic, off-dry, traditional French sparkling Perry. This delightful bottle of Pear Cider from Normandy is full of pear flavours and a subtle hint of sweetness, balanced by clean acidity. Made traditionally from old orchards that have never been sprayed, this is a great food…
Poire Granit Eric Bordelet Pear Perry is a remarkable and complex poiré made from three hundred years old trees. The nose expresses stony notes (chalk,flint), fresh herbs and mint, joined by notes of pear, quince, pineapple and caramel. The palate offers acidulated apple flavours. Good ageing potential. Vegan. 750ml. 4.5%.
Sidre Brut, Eric Bordelet, dry Normandy cider, biodynamic. Sidre brut is dry, mellow, lively and a refreshing acidity. There are roughly 15 different types of apple which make their way into the blend, including Douce Moene and Sang de Boeuf. The land is composed of schists and sedimentary rocks dating…
Sydre Argelette Eric Bordelet. Biodynamic, Medium, (Residual Sugar), rich,baked apples, cinnamon, minerals, superb. The name “Argelette” has been used since long ago to describe the nature of the terrain composed of small fractured rocks and poor soil where the apple trees found it difficult to flourish and pushed their roots…
Tropical fruit, gravelly loam, grapefruit pith. The Emerald necklace is the name of the high elevation land encircling the southern ends of New York’s deep, glacially carved lakes with a network of publicly owned land where forest-edge succession dominates the landscape and wild apple seedlings thrive. The apples in this…
Wild foraged apples from DeRidder Grove upstate NY are wild fermented in neutral barrels and bottled pét-nat. High acid and high sugars make for a jangly, fruity pet nat with hints of kiwi, lime and fresh mint. 750ml. 8%. Serving Suggestion: This high acid, high tannin mouthful makes a powerful…
Traditional method perry made from 100% wild foraged pears. The growing season was sunny and dry resulting in high sugars in the fruit. Wild fermented in steel tanks and secondary fermentation in bottle. Lilac, kasha and yellow peach notes. 750ml. 8%. Serving Suggestion: grilled shishito peppers, creamy potato salad with…
Macerated for 8 of Earth’s rotations then pressed direct to barrel for an impromptu fermentation. Blessed by the yeasty bois. Post ferment elderflower & hibiscus abutilon were introduced courtesy of spurrell foraging. Evocative of sun drenched meadows and bumblebees. 750ml.
Some groovy juice, combo of 5 different apples & Howell pear. Skin maceration, barrel ferment. Elderflowers & coriander on the nose, grapefruit, dragonfruit & blueberries on the palate. 750ml.
Pale straw gold with exceptionally fine champagne-like bubbles The unique Sandstone geology of the Exe valley is at the forefront of this bright, vibrant cider, where prominent sandstone minerality and salinity combine with red apple skin, honey and beeswax. Apples : A field blend of carefully selected, uncommon & often…
Appley, normandy-style cider made using the ancient art of keeving. Sweet honeysuckle and baked apple flavours balanced by mellow tannins and a tarte tatin sharpness. Apples selected from Huxham and Woodrow orchards. Store chilled and upright. Serve – lightly chilled Food pairing suggestions – This cider pairs perfectly with sushi,…
Vibrant & aromatic, fruity sparkling cider with structure & tannin. Wild fermented, unsprayed rare & unusual apple varieties from the 2023 vintage blended with a small quantity of freshly pressed apples from the 2024 vintage all grown and handpicked in the Exe valley orchards we foster. Unfiltered and unfined with…
Nature’s interpretation of the traditional (Champagne) method. A pure, vibrant expression of the ancient, organically farmed orchards we foster in the Exe Valley and the rare apple varieties growing there. These include Devon Crimson Queen and Lord Lambourne, wild fermented and bottled with freshly pressed juice and wild yeast for…
Made from a mixture of big tannic bittersweet apples, from a couple of traditional orchards Find & Foster have begun to work with; namely Woodrow & Luxton’s. The apples were picked from the oldest sections & most ancient trees in these orchards. These quite bitter & tannic apples were fermented…
Blend: 20% cooking & 80% dessert apples Maturation: cellar aged for min. 12 months Dosage: Kentish Pip Cider TASTING NOTES On the nose – Caramel, toasted apple, toffee On the palate – This cider has a crispness with a delicate acidity followed by green apple and pear ending with a…
Blakeney Red, Brandy & Winnals Longdon 2022. A mid-season blend of beautiful perry pears, harvested from a single orchard of young trees planted in 2000 on gently sloping, south facing land at Frogmore, Pontshill in Herefordshire. Maker James Marsden presses his fruit by hand on an old Forest of Dean…