Etienne Dupont Cidre Bouché Brut de Normandie

2004 vintage. Pours a hazy dull gold with zero head. Funky, sour, wet wood aroma. Oaky in flavor with smoke, leather and lightly tart apple. Nice body with a sweetness that counter balances the tartness. Quite still on the palate.

(2004 vintage) pours golden with a head that forms as fast as it dissipates. aroma of fermented apples, grape, and organic funk. very nice. palate is very refreshing with fresh apple taste. much better than any american cider i have ever had, though i would like to go back and try them now and maybe to a vertical of ciders. good carbonation. funky! i like. my first cider rating!

(Bottle, 2002 vintage) Pours a lightly cloudy golden body with a thin white head. Aroma of apple, bandage, organic earthiness, and a hint of wood. Flavor of apple with a farm fresh organic quality. Dry finish.

Cloudy living appearance. Aromas of cider mills and an earthy smoke. Subtle latex. Flavour of fresh off the mill cider, slight lemon puckering. Very refreshing.

Hazy, deep yellow, low head. Aroma: band-aid, a sense of being natural, organic, pure, some bowling alley, and apple. Smooth and sour, excellent going down. One of the best French ciders I’ve had.

Bottle. Hazy yellow body with a patchy network of bubbles. Nose-horsy, barn, band-aid, fresh plastic. Taste-apples, elastic, smokey, earthy, yeasty. Excellent, excellent cider. Great mix of cider, earth, yeast, and smoke. Has that classic wild yeast taste that is unique in unpasteurized French ciders

My first French cider and I loved it. Cloudy appearance like a wit with sediment. Some barnyard to the aroma as well as apples. Sweet sugar and sour funky weirdness.

2000 vintage. Explosive head on pour, lots of fine bubbles make up a head that disappears into the thinest coating. Sour aroma filled with funk and overly ripe apples. Light bubbly mouthfeel, reminiscent of champagne. Sour candy like taste, apples and aged wood.