Domaine Pinnacle Cidre de Glace Petillant

Brewed by Domaine Pinnacle
Style: Ice Cider/Perry
Frelighsburg, Canada

Serve in Flute, Stem glass

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Bottle from Liquor Depot, Banff. It pours clear golden amber with quickly dissipating fizz. The nose is Braeburn apples, apple skin, clean sweetness, syrup and apple pie. The taste is intense apple, sweet apple juice, syrup, bruised apple, light tartness, tinned peach and some alcohol warmth with a smooth tangy apple finish. Medium body, light carbonation and oily mouth-feel. The body is lifted by the carbonation. Tasty stuff and dangerously drinkable.

Bottled. A dark amber cider with a rim of beige head. The aroma has notes of over ripe apples, alcohol, and a bit of mold. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, over ripe apples, and mold, leading to a lightly tart and lightly alcoholic finish. Thanks fiulijn for sharing.

Very nice. Waited quite a long time (7 years) to try this 2005 example. Held up very well. Aroma of sticky apple and a trace of alcohol. Surprisingly well carbonated. Deep mouthfeel. I wasn’t looking for much more than syruppy apple goodness and wasn’t disappointed. Despite all the heavy sweetness it still carried a decent amount of acidity and a trace of yeasty dough. Went just stinkin’ fine with the pork shoulder.

Bottled, thanks fiulijn! Bright golden, mildy viscous, carbonation already gone when I tasted. Aroma of ripe, mature apples. Sweet, full bodied. Honey wraps the overripe apples, a twist of lemon is sprinkled over and alcohol heat finishes it off.

Une dégustation à quelques pas du domaine. Une robe dorée qui laisse quelques bulles remonter à la surface. Un nez riche de pommes en sauce et de vieilles pommes qui laissent échapper un souffle acidulé. Des saveurs qui ne sont pas trop éloignées, des pommes chargés de miel et de fleurs qui se choquent à cette saveur particulière de pelure de pomme. Une bouche qui présente une belle rondeur avec un pétillement très bas. Un corps assez costaud, tout de même. Une finale, contre toute attente, qui attaque de façon admirable les glandes salivaires. Un petit verre appréciable.

Bottle 375ml.

[ Courtesy of fiulijn ]. Clear sparling, medium orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy apple, dry apple, wood, very concentrated apple - almost light honey. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, apple, tart apple, concentrated apple. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20120420]

Bottle at Alex. Clear golden coloured with a small off-white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of apples and dried apples with notes of almonds. Sweet and fruity flavour of apples and dried apples with notes of alcohol. Warming alcoholic finish.

37.5 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is dense applefruity, wineous. Sweet, citric and light carbonated. Smooth fruity, sugarish and declining citric into the finish.

Bottle 37,5 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Label reads: "Domaine Pinnacle Sparkling Ice Apple Wine Summit Selection". Pours a clear golden with a bubbly white head. Sweet and intense apple aroma. Rich body, initially sweet apple syrup, then comes a little acidity and sulphur. Delicious alright, but I think I prefer Ice Ciders non-sparkling. 200412

Corked bottle, from Vancouver Int’l Airport, international departures only
The bottle reads Summit Selection too; 12% ABV
Golden color, with big bubbles. Very nice aroma of stewed apples, hazelnuts, honey; wonderful. Sweet syrupy; I don’t know if the carbonation helps or spoils the mouthfeel, it’s a personal take; there is a good degree of acidity too.
Very good, as usual.