Chill St – Starry Nights

Cider Profile:

Name: Chill Street Cider – Starry Nights
Sampled October 2024

Brand: Kings Court Winery – Chill Street Cider Type: Flavoured – fruit & wine infused Location of Brewing: St Catherine’s, ON ABV: 6.8% Website Link: chillstreet.ca Ingredients: Cider, wine, natural flavours, sulphites Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Kings Court retail & online store, LCBO Flavour: Blackberry + mango + vidal wine Colour: Translucent, Rose Gold Carbonation: Small, frequently streaming bubbles.

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Sweet, candied berry with a touch of mango. Slight light apple.
Initial Taste: Light bite. Sweet candied blackberry and apple. Hints of smooth mango and a light fruit wine element. 
After Taste: Becomes slightly drier with a bit more blackberry focus. Sugar lingers as mango leaves. Vidal is more noticeable in the end.
On ice: Reduced overall flavour and pop, less sweet

Additional Notes:  Chill Street via Kings Court Winery (They used to produce produce out of Nova Scotia as well), offers what was called Night Moves, is now renamed Starry Nights. A wine blend made with vidal, it is blackberry forward and sweet fruited cider.  Long lingering, Vidal wine elements leave a white-grape like finish.  Not too many apples, but a lot of elements going on. Mango has some appearance in the middle. A bit of a higher ABV at 6.8% – probably from added wine.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 4.5
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 3
Dry – 1.5
Fruity – 4

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – County – Blackberry Peach
More Sour – Shiny – Pineapple Mango
More Dry – Niagara – Blackberry Honey
More Crisp – Duntroon – Blackberry Crush Cyder

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