1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20UPDATED: OCT 12, 2004 Maybe I've caught a bad bottle because I really didn't appreciate this cider as much as my buddy Todd (nice picture =)
La Grande Tentation is headless, clear, urine yellow with low carbonation. The nose is of rotten cortlands or somewhere along those lines, unpleasant anyway. Taste is more off the same, it's more sweet and less tart than I hoped for, more of rotten off apples rather than the fresh fall harvest I was hoping for. Disappointing and one of the worst ciders I've had. Perhaps a bad bottle, but I'm not too familiar with ciders defaults and their causes..
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pours a clear straw yellow with some soft white bubbles while pouring, that vanish immediately. Crisp, dull apple on the nose. Lightly sweet, but rather empty until a big tart kick comes through. Easy drinking but a little lackluster. Tasty enough though.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
330ml clear bottle. Pours out a pale light yellow colour with no head, but with a promising constant steam of carbonation bubbles. Nose has cotton candy and a mix of sweet apple flesh and tart skins. Taste has quick tart and sharp apple skin notes, very minor fleshy sweetness. Dry end, clean, refreshing and basic craft cider.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(33 cl, SAQ) La robe du liquide n’a pratiquement aucune couleur. Le nez est bien frais et offre des parfums de pommes et des effluves de vin blanc qui sont sans prétention. Le goût des fruits est vivant, porté par une belle effervescence, touché peut-être par d’autres fruits. La finale est douce et acidulée : une belle façon d’aborder le repas du soir.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tap at Paradiso Dupont. Pours clear white wine color with sparkling carbonation. Almost a perry like SRM. Very light yellow. Paler than straw. Nose is quite muted...some white wine acidity and mild ash/burning plastic character found in some white wines and champagnes. Taste is prickly, tart, pretty dry with high effervescence. Palate is lactic and phlegmy. Fairly dry and vinous. Small white wine vinegar and moderate saltiness. Gives this some character but still more like white wine than cider.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sour, sour cider. Green apple aroma/flavour. Very pale yellow. Fairly sweet, a little syrupy.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Very pale straw yellow pour. The aroma is tart and a little bit fruity. There’s lots of fresh malice tartness and a nice apple skin character. Green apple, a bit of lemon and some nice, crisp dryness. Tasty and refreshing.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Great tart aroma of apples, and some floral honey notes. Flavor is very tart, and refreshing. A great sparkling cider, wonderful for a summer onthe golf course.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
355ml bottle from my cider provider: HogTownHarry; Nose of tart green apples with only the tiniest hint of sweetness; pale gold with virtually no head, only a few bubbles which ring the glass; flavor is tart apples with only a tiny hint of sweetness in the finish.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Quite surprised to see this one rates so low. Very pale, pretty subtle aroma but what’s there is pretty nice. Lovely balance of light sweetness and clean acid. Appley without being too obvious. Nothing weird and very fresh-tasting. Real nice, lacking only in intensity.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pours a crystal clear, light straw color. Minimal, cascading carbonation pools into a lightly fizzy surface. Looks thin in the glass. The nose is mundane, showing like seltzer water sweetened with apple juice and perhaps a drop of lemon. The flavor, too, fell short. Sugary sparkling water with faint sour apples and a touch of citrus is all that really comes through. The 6.4% is well hidden, but it feels like a sugary coverup more than anything else. Lightly syrupy body, with light carbonation. Clean, dry finish. Bland. This just doesn’t cut it for me on any level.
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