4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
RBSG bottle
Clear gold color. Beautiful legs.
Fresh apple aroma, earth and spice. Complex. Light syrup on the tongue. Again nice amount of sweetness but very little acidity. Very tasty!
4.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 19/20
(2003 Vintage, RBSG05) Crystal clear apple juice body (richer color than the degel), beautiful long legs. Aroma is medium sweet, apple, tart, exceptionally clean, fresh. Faint alcohol detected but no syrup. Taste is sweet, apple, tart, light liqueur. Finish is fantastically fresh apple. Medium body, clean, alcohol very well hidden. Maybe my ignorance of ciders is revealed here, causing me to inflate my score. Regardless, I was blown away by this one. I did buy some more, so I will see if I in fact like it as much as I think I do.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Clear dark yellow in colour, no head. The aroma was of glazed apple pies sprinkled with cinnamon. The flavour was of red apples, cinnamon, vinilla, peaches, cloves, quite floral and sweet all at the same time. Large warming body, syrupy mouthfeel. Finishes with a lingering candy apple sweetness. Very good stuff and pretty easy to drink.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
2003 Vintage: Deep, pale golden, still pour. Sweet, rich aroma has a touch of light cinnamon and tartness. Very sweet, candy-like, yet incredibly balanced, tart and full mouthfeel hides the alcohol very well. Dangerous drinkability, considering the amount of alcohol and the price, but God, this stuff is good!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
2004 bottle, sampled at Mondial, 6/4/05. Very light pinot-grigio-like color, with just a touch of light tangerine juice color, adding a bit more depth. Little to no legs on the glass. Aroma is flowery, peachy and very simple. Sweet apple juice, bits of funky mushed apples, golden delicious apple-skins and vanilla. Flavor has plenty of apple-juice notes, clear, crisp and clean, with yellow apples, apple sauce and light dry yeast notes. A touch of more concentrated honeyish sugar and alcohol on the finish, light vanilla, cloves/nutmeg and a warming sensation are felt. Light textured and very belying the 12 abv, not syrupy nor cloying. Easy drinking ice-cider.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Aroma:strong apple...
Appearance:Yellow dark.....
Flavor:Sugar,apple,light alcohol sensation......
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle: Poured a dark yellow still cider. Aroma of sweet concentrated apple juice with a liquorish feel to it. Taste is sweet though not overly sweet with a discreet warming feeling from the alcohol. I have no problem of believing that 3kg of apple are include in this bottle. Very good stuff overall.
4.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Perfect golden color, clear, calm in the glass, majestuous when shaken, displaying small legs. Aroma feels like pure apple flesh, sweet and in control, liqurous, but just enough. Nevertheless, it doesn’t strike me down in awe. The flavor comes closer. Condensed apples glory. Classy alcohol feel over rhubarb, pie crust, cloves, pear skin notes, The texture is very oily and thus reminds a bit of nuts. Gentle tart aspect, though nowhere near refreshing. Intense mouth presence, limiting its syrupy sweetness on the verge of "non-cloyingness". JW Lees of ciders mouthfeel wise. Splendid ice cider, glorious apple showdown! I wish I could find 45$ in the street to rush and buy their Frimas.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: OCT 10, 2007 Pours a clear golden color. Aroma of baked apples. Excellent sweet and acind flavor of baked apples with a bitter finish.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: APR 28, 2005 50 ml sample bottle. Oily clear light gold, legs of icicle last and last....the nose uncovers deep wafts of baked apple, alcohol and a touch of cinnamon...the tongue responds with thick juiciness and surprisingly little alcohol flavor for 12%, a wonderful sweet/sour balance of apples, no metallic twinges as I often find in strong ciders and meads, and interesting hints of sourdough and pepper near the finish in a slightly oily, thick body. Delightful.
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