Équinoxe – Balade

Cider Profile:

Name: Ferme Cidricole Équinoxe – Balade
Sampled August 2024

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Sour, slightly acetic strawberry. Hints of lemon and herb.
Initial Taste: Medium bite. Quickly sour. A smooth early-season strawberry. Mild muddled apple, including crab apple notes. Malo-lactic elements.
After Taste: A pulpy, creamy strawberry comes through. Apple weakens. Herby undertones. Ends on a zesty lemon note.
On ice: Thinner body. A lot less pop of flavour. A mild reduction in sourness.

Additional Notes:  Équinoxe’s Balade is a strawberry and sumac cide, that is a funky, sour, but not overwhelming for the senses cider. Starting heavier on the apple notes, that are dry and include some crab-like varieties, it becomes more titular fruit focused in the end. The strawberries are dry but add some brightness, and the sumac presents as a lemony herb flavour here, not too floral. Hints of acetic notes. A strong farmhouse cider offering. 

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

Next recommendations:
More Sweet –
More Sour – Compton – Prune & Lavende
More Dry – La cidrerie d’un hectare – Rosebud
More Crisp – 

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