Cheers to new Heritage Cider
Newly released Heritage Cider is the first of our new cider styles! It showcases the art of cider making, which is actually winemaking! Our 2021 Heritage is the first of our ciders made solely from English cider apple varieties. We have planted...
Newly released Heritage Cider is the first of our new cider styles! It showcases the art of cider making, which is actually winemaking!
Our 2021 Heritage is the first of our ciders made solely from English cider apple varieties. We have planted these varieties to start making more complex ciders.
All apples can be classified according to taste. We say they are Sweet, Bitter Sweet, Sharp or Bitter Sharp.
For our 2021 heritage cider we have selected the combination of Kingston Black, Yarlington Mill and Improved Foxwhelp apples.
Kingston Black are bittersharp, giving the sharp edge we were looking for in the blend. Yarlington Mill is bittersweet with a good balance of sweetness, tannin and acidity. Improved Foxwhelp are a mild bittersharp with less tannin than the Kingston Black. After juicing they were fermented and barrel-aged before bottling.
Heritage is a more traditional style of cider so it’s meant to be cloudy with some sediment in the bottle. Stir the sediment through your cider by ‘rousing’. ‘Rousing’ is a fancy word for gently rolling the bottle to stir up the sediment before opening.
Our Heritage is creamy in the mouth and the oakiness from time in a french barriques adds to its complexity. This cider is unashamedly dry, which makes it very refreshing on a hot day, yet robust enough to pair with a variety of foods.
If you are looking for a cider more like the traditional styles of England then this one might be for you!
