Etienne Dupont Cidre Bouché Brut de Normandie

Brewed by Domaine Familial Louis Dupont
Style: Cider
Victot-Pontfol, France

Name: Cidre Bouche Fermier
Date: 03/11/2000
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Cumming

hazy yellow, whispy head, rich apple butter aroma, rich apple flavor, touch of tartness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Score: **+/4
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Date: 11/23/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC
Vintage: 2002

cloudy dark yellow, wispy white head, light tart apple aroma with lots of wood and musky cobwebs, very dry apple flavor, lots of complexity with nice tartness and good funky wood character,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Caged and corked green bottle from New Albany, 2005 vintage drunk here as July dies into August 2007. Sweet apply aroma mixed with a very tart sourness and musty wood. Extremely effervescent pour leaves no head, only a golden body. Crisp medium-light body. A touch of strange barnyardy sourness, wood-tinged flavor with somewhat restrained appleness. Medium-strong vanilla with a touch of sugar, but not acidic or tart. Not really super dry, but nowhere near cloying. Aftertaste sees the apples return. Tasting is so dominated by and hidden behind the soft fizziness; it’s not harsh, like many Champagnes, but still has to be reckoned with. Just a pleasant, all-around classy drink, free of the often negative connotations of cider.

375ml bottle - This cider has a very fizzy pour with no head and it bubbles like crazy for awhile in the glass. There’s some visible sediment. It has a light green apple aroma. Sweet with tart green apples and a bit of mustiness in the flavor, it becomes more flavorful and complex as it warms. The lively palate smooths out and the medium body has a sort of soft presence that leads to a refreshing finish. I’d been hoping to finally try a really good cider and this one is pretty nice.

Aromas of green apples and a touch of mustiness. Flavor is sweet and natural with what I can best describe as sugar covered green apples and a touch of barnyard. This is one of the best ciders I have had the chance to try...

Superb cider. Natural apple aromas and flavors. A little spice on the nose but the flavors are just pure apple sweet-tartness with just the right level of sweetness.

750ml. Bottle $7.99 Sam’s Downers Grove One of my first ciders from an actual cidery. Pours a slightly hazed apple juice golden. A quick rising white head that fell just as fast. Looks good. Smells musty upfront. As the cider warms the mustiness falls to the background and green apple comes to the front. Very good. Green apple really becomes present as the cider breathes. Starts off with that barnyard mustiness that’s found in saisons and is quickly overtaken by green apple skin. A good thirst quenching wateriness on the finish. Not as dry as I thought it was going to be. A nice surprise. Light body with a refreshing crispness. Eventually dries out. Easy drinker. I could sit and enjoy this all day. A wonderful cider that would pair well with earthy cheeses. An excellent cider that I’m looking forward to trying other samples from this cidery if I can find them. 4/8/07

Bottle. yellow colour with a white head. Sweet apples, light acid aroma and taste. Medium body with a sweet light acid finish.

Thin yellowish body with a big bubbled head; A little sweet, a little simple apple like nose; Huge carbonation in sweet a bit thin body; Medium long a bit sweet finish, a little bretty dryness but the sweetness is overpowering.