3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500ml bottle at home on 19 June 2011, best before May 2009. Clear old gold colour. Slight prickle but not exactly sparkling - maybe the sparkle has faded with age. Otherwise fairly sprightly. Plenty of fruit in the aroma. A little rubbery edge on the nose. Fruity with moderate tannin on the palate. Some sweetness. Tasty and pleasant without being too demanding.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 500ml. clear glass.
Clear medium orange colour with a fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy apple, sweet apple, tart apple, light vanilla, barnyard notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, apple, vintage apples, medium dry, naturel apples. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. [20110619]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is sweetish tart apples wiith some mild spices and wooden notes as well. Mild vanilla and some pleasant floral notes. Flavour is apples, some dry notes with also vanilla and some tart fruityness. A pleasantly balanced Cider.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Golden. Aroma of sweet and gentle fruit, as is the taste, which adds some sourness. So far so good. The finish I thought was less impressive: a more cloying sweetness seems to hang in the throat, together with a hard, unnatural dryness.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle (from Tesco). Fruity apple sweetness with woody tannin in the finish. Not a lot of acidity but the tannin helps to take the edge of the sweetness. Seems slightly sterile compared to the dry offering but quite pleasant especially when compared to a lot of the supermarket offerings.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Light gold with light carbonation. Aromas are light apple juice with lemon. Quite dry with some woody notes. Quite zesty. Flavours are dry, sour apple with a dry woody finish. Good carbonation. The dry finish is a bit artificial. Does cider really need 11 varieties of apple?
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottlr from Tesco, Evesham 29-05-07. Despite the name informing you that it was farm pressed this cider actually had a real farmyardy smell, which was great. Had a lovely taste that for me was a very well balanced medium dry cider nice appley bite, really moreish and very refreshing.
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