Domaine Lafrance – Cidre Mousseux

Cider Profile:

Name: Domaine Lafrance – Cidre Mousseux
Sampled September 2024

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Bright dry fermented apples. Some booziness, no sweet elements.
Initial Taste: Light bite from carbonation. Starts off somewhat soft and bright.  Apple grows dramatically as the added ice cider starts to come through.  Lots of body with a mix of sweet and dry. Hint of barreling.
After Taste: After the apple peaks, a long-lasting drier, more tart and boozy finish happens.  Much less clean, it has some earthy elements as it finishes.
On ice: Minimal change, a little less apple.

Additional Notes:  Domaine Lafrance’s Cidre Mousseux is a dry cider blended with ice cider that adds a touch of sweetness, but also bunch of booziness. This results in a very unique journey.  It starts off dry, smooth, pulpy and light.  Apple elements build as the ice cider blends and become strong, with a peak of juicy apple flavour after 2 or 3 seconds. Once that peak hits, the apple drops out and becomes a longer lasting, somewhat less clean and more earthy finish. Is a higher sugar content due to the ice cider infusion.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 3
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 4.5
Dry – 2
Fruity – 4

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Verger Hemmingford – Ice Cider
More Sour – Cidrerie Compton – Apfelwein
More Dry – Aurea Mediocratas – Brut (2021)
More Crisp – Domaine Heritage – Abbott’s Corner

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