Heeman’s – Muscadet de Dieppe

Cider Profile:

Name: Heeman’s – Muscadet de Dieppe (Single Varietal Series)
Sampled December 2024

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Caramelized, bruised apple. Cellaring notes. Booziness.
Initial Taste: Mild bite from carbonation. Quickly into a caramelized, baked apple note. Tannic and acidic. Cellaring/mustiness. Astringency and boozy flavour.
After Taste: Apple becomes brighter as other elements weaken. Some tannins linger, well after the crisp apple base fades. Banana-like hints.
On ice: Thinner on acid. Dramatically cuts acidity. Apple base is smoother, but less impactful and crisp.

Additional Notes:  In part of their unique single varietal series, Heeman’s Muscadet de Dieppe is using a classic French cider apple that we’ve never seen in a single varietal yet. This is a great introduction to this cider apple, and you really can taste the DNA backbone of what defines Normandy style ciders in this. Rather acidic and tannic, you get a lot of the baked caramelization notes in this as you would a proper cider from the region, but thinner bodied and less rich. Decently astringent and boozy, it’s very crisp and bright – becoming even more so in the finish. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 4.5
Dry – 4
Fruity – 5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Cold Creek – Cuvee Madeline (2023)
More Sour – West Avenue – Chisel Jersey
More Dry – Loch Mor – Danforth Road Series: Yarlington Mill
More Crisp – 

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