Etienne Dupont Cidre Bouché Brut de Normandie

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

750ml 2005 - Copper color, lightly fizzy, yeasty apple nose, maybe some cinnamon, mildly sweet apple on plate. Nice.

Aroma is funky with sweet honey and apple, not to mention some cork. Taste is sweet and gushing with honey and apple, not to mention some musty cork. Matches very well with bleu cheese. Very good.

Bottle 375ml @ home.
[Vintage 2005] Light unclear light yellow orange color with a large, frothy, virtually none lancing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is apple, barnyard, citurs bitter, rubber and wood notes. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light acidic and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft to lively. (050608)

[EBF @ Copenhagen, September 2008] Thanks to Morten. Average bubbly white head that mostly lasted. Good display of lacework. Clear sparkling pale yellow color. Lovely complex cider with notes of fresh apple, barnyard, vinegar, citrus, dusty fruity feel. Medium to full bodied with an average carbonation and dry texture. Moderated acidic flavor with good counter sweetness. Lasting apple and dusty dry finish. Wow that was a very solid Cider!

Bottle. Pours light golden coloured with a nice bubbly white head. Aromas of apples, hay, honey and musty basement. Lovely fruity apple flavour with notes of funk, sweet honey and sour fruit. Great but a little expensive cider..

Ça sent et goûte le cuir et ça me rappelle donc les nanas sexys des gars de goths où je me suis déjà promené. C’est très doux et ça rappelle même un peu en fait ces célèbres mélanges de 7UP/Sprite et de jus de pommes que les potes et moi vendions aux nanas délurées de Ste-Foy, jadis. C’est jolimment jaune et le col blanc mousseux ne disparaît jamais. Fort agréable ! Mais ce dont je me souviendrai toujours, c’est cette odeur de cuir... miam !

750ml bottle, 2007 Vintage. Pours a ridiculously effervescent straw color with a fleeting white head. The aroma is on the bubbly and sweet side, though the taste is actually a little more crisp and tart -- the body is full and fruity with some added hints of grain and earth alongside the apples. One of the best ciders out there with good cause.

2005 vintage. Pours fairly dark orange for a cider. Aroma is mostly apple (go figure) with maybe a bit of vanilla or cinnamon. Body is tending towards full for a cider with mostly sweet apple flavors. Some good acid gives good balance, decent carbonation makes it drinkable. Very tasty.