Collective Arts X Rosewood – Cross Acres Cab Sauv/ Sauv Blanc
Cider Profile:
Name: Collective Arts X Rosewood – Cross Acres (Cabernet Sauvignon & Sauvignon Blanc)
Sampled December 2023
| Brand: Collective Arts Craft Cider & Rosewood Winery and Meadery Type: Wine-Cider Blend (Cabernet Sauvignon & Sauvignon Blanc) Location of Brewing: Hamilton, ON ABV: 8.1% Website Link: collectiveartscider.com Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750ml (bottle) |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Medium aroma. Blended red and white wine. Some tannins and slightly sour/pulpy apple notes.
Initial Taste: Medium bite. Smooth, tannic crab apple followed quickly by a transition to sour and red wine primary characteristics. White wine keeps the red balanced. Very dry with a bit of honey.
After Taste: Apple dissipates and becomes more funky, earthy and wine focused. Pretty long-lingering. Some wine astringency that stays and is gritty in the finish. .
On ice: Dramatically less sour on ice, more wine like. Easier to consume.
Additional Notes: The Collective Arts Brewing Limited X Rosewood Winery and Meadery collaboration called Cross Acres (Red & White edition, aka Cabernet Sauvignon & Sauvignon Blanc) is a gritty, red wine heavy (but not dominate) sour apple cider/wine hybrid. It starts off with Dabinett, Chisel and Dolgo Crab apples that are creamy but also very punchy sour – and transitions into the red/white wine combination. A touch of honey. Most apples are removed by the end and it’s a long lingering dry wine finish.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 1.5
Sour – 4
Crisp – 2
Dry – 5
Fruity – 4
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Niagara – Rose Gold Cider
More Sour – Spirit Tree – Crabapple Rose (2019)
More Dry – Ernest – Oaky Rose
More Crisp – Crimson – Rose
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