Cold Creek Vineyards – Cuvée Madeline (2024)
Cider Profile:
Name: Cold Creek Vineyards – Cuvée Madeline (2024)
Sampled August 2025
| Brand: Cold Creek Vineyards Type: Apple – Crisp Location of Production: Hillier, ON ABV: 5.5% Website Link: coldcreekvineyards.ca Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750ml (bottle) |
Cider Crate Tasting Notes:
Smell: Medium aroma. Pulpy, medley of apple notes. Dry.
Initial Taste: Medium bite from carbonation. Some crisp acidity. Yeasty, powdery apple base, with fruity esters. Dry, pulpy apples with a hint of earthiness. Notes of banana and pear.
After Taste: Apples become a bit softer as they dwindle. Yellow apple characteristics here. Powdery mouthfeel lingers.
On ice: Thinner body. Slightly reduced apple.
Additional Notes: The 2024 vintage of Cold Creek’s Cuvée Madeline is a drier apple experience than in previous versions, but still retaining its decently crisp apple base. This version is heavy on the yeast flavours and that amounts to a powdery mouthfeel and fruit esters. We get along with a medley of pulpy apple notes upfront, a bit of banana and pear. We also find it turns to have some more golden characteristics in the finish, like from a yellow variety. A bit of an earthy, gritty apple within too.
Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 2
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 4
Dry – 4
Fruity – 4
Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Last House – Cidre Pétillant Golden Russet (2023)
More Sour – Generations – Back Forty
More Dry – Woodfolk – Meadowland (2024)
More Crisp – Dirty Dog – Mac N’Crisp
Links to Other Stories
Cold Creek Vineyards – Cuvée Madeline (2019)
Cold Creek Vineyards – Cuvée Madeline (2020)
Cold Creek Vineyards – Cuvée Madeline (2022)
Cold Creek Vineyards – Cuvée Madeline (2023)
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