Stone Crop Acres – Stone Cold Vinous

Cider Profile:

Name: Stone Crop Acres – Stone Cold Vinous Cider
Sampled October 2023

Brand:  Stone Crop Acres Winery + Vineyard
Type: Flavoured – Wine-infused
Location of Brewing: Morrisburg, ON
ABV: 7%
Website Link: stonecropacres.ca
Ingredients: N/A
Gluten Free: Yes
Sugar Content: N/A

Size(s) available: 330ml (bottle)
Availability: Stone Crop Acres Retail Store
Flavour: Apple & Wine
Colour: Straw yellow, translucent.
Carbonation: Small, Infrequent Bubbles


Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Light aroma. Airy and wine notes with sweet apples. Some wine must.
Initial Taste: Minimal bite from light carbonation. White wine-forward with sweet apples – but apples are most masked with the wine here  Dessert-like and bright.  Some floral elements.
After Taste: Apple dissipates almost completely with standard length white wine finish (body and flavour). 
On ice:  Watered down and less body.

Additional Notes:  The Stone Crop Acres Stone Cold Vinous cider is a white-wine blended take on their original apple cider. Made with resiling wine, the wine is light and mostly present with some dessert apples that add a hint of sweetness.  Still very dry and wine focused, its soft and easy to consume. Slight minerality. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 2.5
Crisp – 3
Dry – 4
Fruity – 2.5 

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – 
More Sour – Front Road Cellars – Old Grizzly
More Dry – West Avenue – Rhineapple
More Crisp –
Slabtown – Chardonnay 

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