Etienne Dupont Cidre Triple

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

Serve in Bowl, Flute, Lager glass

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Bottled. Slightly hazy yellow colour, minor head, which disappears very fast. Aroma is sulphur, some wood, mild sweet apples with some slight acidic and cheesy notes as well. Flavour is apples, some vinegar, mild sulphur as well as some alcohol sweetness as well. Feels a bit thin even though being high in alcohol.

Bottled. A hazy golden cider with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of apples, wood, and vinegar. The flavor is sweet with notes of apples and wood, leading to a dry and tart finish.

75 cl bottle. Pours clear and hilsen yellow with a small and fizzy head. Aroma is sulphorish, sweet and crisp apples. Alcohol, minerale and dry sulphorish. Dry, almost bitter. Sulphorish. Lingering fruity finish.

Champagne bottle, 2011. Rich, ripe apple nose, some caramel, baked apple, peel, some light grass. Deep amber, clear, almost still. Dry and rather bitter flavor, dusty, grassy, not much apple taste at all. Quite bitter and alcoholic. Interesting. Not immediately likeable, but I think it is growing on me. Very clean and refreshing.

0.375l corked bottle #4012. An 11% cider? Now I’ve seen that to. Anyhow, this is a crystal clear one. Golden in color with a quickly fading fizzing little near transparent white cider top. It smells of earthy apples, cellar, some woody tones, roses, some caramel sweetness and traces of dry rocks. Not extreme, but quite elegant and nice. It’s lively fizzing on the carbonation level this, and really dry. No sweetness what so ever in this and yeah, the 11% has turned this in to something a bit more than your average cider. Indeed, but the alcohol is yet somewhat camouflaged in a strange way. Old dusty apples and cellar. It’s really mouthdrying and astringent this. Apple zest and it’s almost like chewing on fruity apple cores. Grows on you. Enjoyable, but a small bottle should be enough. At least enough for me. 23.01.2013

Bottle. Body is medium to dark yellow. Aroma is notes of apples, oak, brown sugar, band-aid, and cinnamon. Flavor is heavily sweet, lightly acidic. Finish is moderately sweet, lightly acidic. Medium to full body, syrupy texture, soft carbonation, moderately alcoholic. A mixed bag...pleasant nose but a clunky, overly sweet, flat mouth experience. No fun to drink at all. Probably my least favorite Dupont cider, a surprisingly poor showing from this usually-stellar ciderie.

Bottle from Whole Foods on P Street NW in Washington, DC. Served in a wine glass. Pours a moderately-deep golden color. Nose is quite musty with some bruised apple in the background. Flavor is a bit earthy and slightly musty. Light-medium body. No booze at all, which is impressive considering the 11% ABV.

750 ml "champagne" bottle, bottled in 2011, from Vinmonopolet, nettbutikken, May 2012. ABV is 11%. Deep golden colour, slightly hazy. White head disappears instantly. Strong aroma of oxidised cider apples and oak, hints of sulphites. Distinct flavour of bitter cider apples, some sweetness in the background. Oaky notes, dry aftertaste. Fairly rich mouthfeel. A very good cider.

Bottle. Deep, bright clear golden color, fizzy head that settles to champagne-like bubbles. Aroma of slightly dusty apple skins. Taste is bitter apples, dry finish. Too bitter for my taste.

2012 Bottle. Pours clear dark straw gold with a small, quickly dissipating effervescent white head. Aroma is heavy phenols of solvent, turpentine, and bandage with straw and apple notes. Flavor is light apple, heavy phenols, and a thin texture. Light body and virtually no carbonation.