Clafeld – Honeysuckle

Cider Profile:

Name:  Clafeld – Honeysuckle Apple Cider
Sampled December 2017

Brand: Clafeld Fruit Winery Type:  Apple – Dry Location of Brewing: Picton, ON ABV: 6.5% Website Link: clafeldciderhouse.com Ingredients: Fermented apple juice, sugar, sulphites, potassium sorbate. Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/ASize(s) available: 750mL (bottle) Availability: Clafeld Estate Retail Store and Online Flavour: Apple Colour: Golden-Tawny yellow Carbonation: Small, semi-frequent streaming bubbles.

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium, sweet, single apple with some acidity and tangyness.
Initial Taste: Light bite with a strong sweet honeysuckle burst of flavour. Floral flavours.
After Taste: It dissipates somewhat slowly, with apple becoming more pronounced.  Acidity is quite high. Has a sweet but dry finish (including some white wine elements).
On ice: More crisp, more honeysuckle/floral flavours.

Additional Notes:  The deeper you go into the bottle, the more the honeysuckle becomes prominent.  A unique dry cider – with a strong floral taste that has elements of white wine. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 3.5
Sour – 1.5
Crisp – 3
Dry – 3
Fruity – 3.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Ernest Dry Cider
More Sour – 401 Cider Craft Apple
More Dry – Apple Falls Heritage
More Crisp – Puddicombe Family Tree

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