Domaine Heritage – Abbott’s Corner

Cider Profile:

Name: Domaine Heritage – Abbott’s Corner
Sampled August 2024

Brand:  Domaine Heritage Type: Apple – Barrel-aged Location of Production: Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Quebec ABV: 7% Website Link: domaine-heritage.com Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750ml (bottle) Availability: Domaine Heritage retail store Flavour: Apple Colour:  Transparent golden yellow Carbonation: Medium streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Hefty ice cider astringency. Boozy. Crisp apples. Brown sugar.
Initial Taste: Medium bite. Sharp, semi-acidic apples. Crisp blend of apple characteristics.
After Taste: Hefty barreling comes through on the exhale. Ice cider syrupy notes, with some brown sugar/maple syrup-like notes. Lingering crisp mcintosh apples.
On ice: Strips a lot of body and acidity. Much less barreling. Dulls the cider greatly.

Additional Notes:  Domaine Heritage’s Abbott’s Corner is an ice cider-barrel aged cider that certainly shows a lot of those characteristics in the finish. Made with cortlands and mcintosh apples, it is a very crisp, semi-acidic, clean apple base that tickles the senses. What is intriguing are the bold ice cider barreling notes, that come out in the end as astringency spirit-y notes, woody barreling and some syrupy, brown-sugar like notes. Both the crisp apples and syrupy ice cider elements blend well in harmony. Memories of Europe, made-distinctively Quebec.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 3
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 5
Dry – 4
Fruity – 4.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Verger Hemmingford – Ice Cider
More Sour – Lacroix – Pioneer
More Dry – 
More Crisp – 

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