Cidrerie Lacroix – Osmose

Cider Profile:

Name: Cidrerie Lacroix – Osmose Série Nature
Sampled April 2025

Brand: Cidrerie Lacroix  / Arista Wines Type: Flavoured – Grape Location of Brewing: Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, QC ABV: 7% Website Link: cidrelacroix.com Ingredients: Cider (Apple juice, yeasts, potassium metabisulphite), grape pomace Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750 ml (bottle) Availability: Lacroix retail store Flavour: Apple Colour:  Transparent vivid ruby red Carbonation: Small, frequently streaming bubbles. Fewer on ice.

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Bright semi-sharp apples that re crisp and clean. Balanced closely with a red-wine astringency yet still smooth. Some aged notes.
Initial Taste: Medium bite with a semi-sharp apple, Also at the same time a juicy red grape. High acidity but clean, its quite dry with some minerality + tannin notes from the skins of both grapes and apples.
After Taste: Apple and grape both linger for a while. Gritty with some sour elements.
On ice: Less carbonation and cleaner – grape weakened.

Additional Notes: The Cidrerie Lacroix Osmose is part of their Série Nature/Natural Series; its a single varietal (Mcintosh) with a brilliant ruby red hue thanks to the grape pomace it was aged on. Its full bodied with a lot going on.  Apple and grape vie for position, with a long lasting aftertaste that has both elements as well. Easier to pick out the Macintosh in the aftertaste.  Bold, it has both dryness as well as some acidity and funk – yet has a clean initial taste.  A lot of peel, it’s much cleaner on ice.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 4
Crisp – 2.5
Dry – 4.5
Fruity – 5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet –
More Sour – Cidre Sauvigeon – Zinzolin
More Dry – Cidrerie Compton – Prune & Lavende
More Crisp – 

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