Bordelet Sydre Brut Tendre

Brewed by Cidriculteur Eric Bordelet
Style: Cider
Charchigne, France

Serve in Bowl, Flute, Lager glass

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   update pic

Cork vintage stamped 2004; tasted August 16, 2009. First and foremost, the cork looks disgusting. Very worn, dark, nearly black, and the interior isn’t much better. Almost looks moldy. Thankfully, it seems to just make the clear golden liquid in the bottle smell that much more like an ancient stone cellar. Quite musty, honeyish and red apple skin. The high carbonation hits first, and doesn’t give up. Musty apple flavor. Lots of wood, cork, leather, earth, and slightly over-rippened apples. Sweeter than most Norman cider, but manages to still finish dry. Excellent. Bordelet is still underrated.

2002 bottle. Head is initially small, fizzy, white, fully diminishing. Body is clear light amber. Aroma is a strong note of ripe/sweet apple, with minor notes of green raisin, caramel, and flowers, hint of grass. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic. Medium body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation. Not the most *complex* aroma in the cider world, but very luscious and natural smelling. Exceptionally clean and wonderfully balanced, though, wow! Very difficult to stop drinking.

Pours with a light brown hue with absolutely no head whatsoever. Aroma is of sweet apples, champagne, and a tad bit of alcohol. Flavor is slightly astringent at first but then evolves into a sweet apple taste that tastes slightly like apple pie. Medium mouthfeel, with lively carbonation! A great Cider - done know why its in the 66th percentile!

Bottled at Byns Crêperie & Ciderie, Stockholm. Clear deep golden, small brief head. Pleasant yeasty leathery flavour with a fruity intense apple flavour. Mid sweet and lightly sparkling. Juicy with tannic apple skins bitterness. Very drinkable and quite complex.

Bottle @ Brugmansia/Fonefan Tasting, April 2010. Pours clear yellow with a small bubbly head and lacings. Aroma is inviting. It has red apples and some vanilla and oaky notes. Flavor is red and green apples. Very fresh and tasty. Extremely dry... Nice

Very picky about ciders. This one comes off surprisingly juicy, nice and sweet with a tiny hint of dry. Mid-Full palate, very smooth. Good stuff.

Bottle from Takamura Online. Nice semi-sweet apple nose, ripe but still a bit tart. Lovely deep golden color with a medium head that goes right to late. Very tasty—ripe fruit, minerals, light vegetables and soil, sweet enough to be fruity and have nice apple flavors, but nowhere near “sweet.” Dry, slightly sulfury, chalky finish. Nice, prickly carbonation. Very refreshing and tasty. Not super complex, maybe, but I could drink gallons.

Bottle 750ml.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic with a average to long duration, dry, tart. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20100417]

Corked bottle, from La Grande Epicerie (Le Bon Marché), Paris
Hazy golden color. Nice aroma of mature apples, light esters and vinegar, light almonds. Good body structure, due to the residual sugars too; good flavor of apple juice, woody, tannic, a bit astringent and with a very light sourness. Balanced and complex. Very good.

Bottled. A hazy golden cider. The aroma is sweet with notes of apples and wood, andd so is the flavor, leading to a dry tart finish.