Etienne Dupont Cidre Bouché Brut de Normandie

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

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.

Boy am I’m smitten! I love this stuff! <P> Rerate on the ’05. Cider pours a hazy, medium bright gold color with a small, fizzy, diminishing head. Head fades into a white ring around the glass; fed by trails of lively stars of carbonation. Looks like Champagne.<P>The aroma is sweet and wild with moderate-to-heavy yeast notes of horseblanket and barnyard, band-aid, light notes of bread dough and B Vitamin. Vinous with moderate fruit notes of red apple, white grape.<P>The flavor is heavily-to-moderately sweet, lightly acidic with a longer-than-average, moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightlybitter finish. Pleasant genuine apple aftertaste.<P>The body is medium, the texture is watery and the carboanation is fizzy. Simply beautiful!

Golden with a very small white head. Sweet, musty aroma, predominately of apples. Flavor of tart apples with a funky aftertaste that I can’t pin down. Kind of like an aged cheese that has seen better days. Had trouble finishing it.

Light yellow-golden brew.Dumb as it sounds this had the aroma of buttered or caramel popcorn and tasted the same.It was after a few sips that I got a sour apple taste and was left with that after taste.All the bubbly made it seem like champagne.Thin on the palate.

750ml bottle, 2003 vinatge: Opaque light orange/amber color with a medium off-white head. Aroma is musty sour apples, stale grass, tart & dry apple skin, a hint of wet oak, and barnyard. Smells similar to a lambic but not quite as sour. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, fine bubbles. Taste is initially tart and sour with notes of sour apple and wood, then opens up to sweet, ripe apple juice, grass, oak, mild lemon, mild spice feel on the tongue (black pepper, cloves) but without the flavors, yeast, nutmeg, staying somewhat acidic. Finishes with notes of sweet apple, yeast, and is somewhat dry yet sticky (similar mouthfeel to eating a fresh apple).

this was like drinking apple pie filling, with baking apples, cinnamon, ginger, and some nutmeg. some light birch flavors. pretty carbonated and light buttery crumbs. flavors became more apparent as it warmed. claoudy maize color that was headless like a horseman. thanks b for bringin this over.

2007 Bottle. Poured golden with a fizzy white head. Tart aroma of barnyard and hints of green apple. The flavor has a little more apple standing out and is more sweet than tart. Light body yet "fuller" than any other cider I’ve had to this point. Dry texture. Very decent cider.

Perfect golden hue. Delectable band-aid, manure nose. Lively carbonation, very effervescent. Pears and apples, dusty/farmy/funk, rubber flooring, cider heaven...Unfiltered and unpasterized bliss for the true cider lover. This is what it is all about. French cider, now pull your damn pants up...Put this in the cellar, and it will improve beyond your wildest dreams...This is ridiculous cider, prolly the best ive ever had....