Muskoka Lakes – Pique Blueberry Piquette 2021

Cider Profile:

Name: Muskoka Lakes – Pique Blueberry Piquette 2021
Sampled March 2024

Brand:  Muskoka Lakes Farms & Winery
Type: Flavoured – Blueberry
Location of Production: Bala, ON
ABV: 8.2%
Website Link: cranberry.ca
Ingredients: 100% Ontario apples and Blueberries. Sulphites.
Gluten Free: Yes
Sugar Content: N/A 

Size(s) available: 750ml (bottle)
Availability: Muskoka Lakes retail and online stores
Flavour: Blueberry
Colour:  Translucent
Carbonation: Medium streaming bubbles


Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Mild aroma. Muddled blueberry. Acidic apple.
Initial Taste: Light bite. Thick blueberry that tastes wild, muddled and jammy. Boozy. Acidic apple. A bit of tartness.
After Taste: Lightly acetic. Blueberries become drier as apple thins out. Earthy, funky hints emerge. Very wine-like.
On ice: Reduced body and flavour. Less blueberry-wine like.

Additional Notes:  Muskoka Lakes’s Pique Blueberry Piquette  2021 is a very wine-like experience, with a boozy base. Tasting like jammy, muddled, wild blueberries, they are dominant throughout, with some acidic apple there – including a green apple-like hint. Becomes drier towards the finish, with some earthiness to it emerging here. Ice in it makes it more cider-like and with a thinner body.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 1.5
Dry – 4
Fruity – 3.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Thornbury – Elderflower Blueberry
More Sour – Ernest – Huckleberry 
More Dry – 
More Crisp – Front Road Cellars – The Fighter Cider

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