Aurea Mediocratas – Brut (2021)
Cider Profile:
Name: Chateau de Cartes – Aurea Mediocratas Brut (2021)
Sampled August 2023
| Brand: Aurea Mediocratas / Chateau de Cartes Type: Apple – Dry Location of Brewing: Durham, QC ABV: 7% Website Link: aureacidre.ca Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: 6g/L Size(s) available: 750ml (bottle) |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Medium aroma. Cellared, pulpy apples. Musty, funky, tannic. Some crabapple notes.
Initial Taste: Light bite. Sharp apples, that taste fermented/cellared. Crab apple flavours, mixed with heritage and bittersharp varieties. Bone dry..
After Taste: Apple slowly winds down, leaving tannins and cellaring notes. Lingering bittersharp and some mustiness.
On ice: Flavour greatly reduced. Body and bubbles almost gone. Apple dramatically impacted.
Additional Notes: Chateau de Cartes Aurea Mediocratas 2021 Brut is a taste of Europe, done Quebecois. Musty, cellaring notes greet you quickly. Tannic, crap apple are upfront, moving more to heritage and bittersharp apples in the middle/ending. But as apple does wind down, it leaves some grit on the palate, including some tannins. A very dry cider with a good sparkle, we do not recommend this on ice – it strips it of almost everything it aims to do.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 1
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 4
Dry – 4.5
Fruity – 4.5
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Domaine Lafrance – Bin Kin Pet Nat
More Sour – Cidrerie Compton – Apfelwein
More Dry –
More Crisp – Domaine Heritage – Abbott’s Corner
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