Ernest – Oaky Rosé

Cider Profile:

Name: Ernest – Oaky Rosé
Sampled April 2022

Brand:  Ernest Cider Co. Type: Flavoured – Wine-infused Location of Brewing: Bradford West Gwillimbury, ON  ABV: 7.5% Website Link: ernestcider.com Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 750ml (bottle) Availability: Limited edition – Ernest online store Flavour: Rose Colour:  Translucent salmon Carbonation: Medium streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Medium aroma. Funk and oak. Acidic + tannic apples. Some red wine astringency.
Initial Taste: Medium bite from carbonation. A forward acidity, with quick dry red wine notes – some wine astringency too. Heavy oak/wood aspects. Hint of apple tannins and pulpy apple flesh.
After Taste: Becomes less astringent, more red wine + grape nuances appear. Apples weaken. Ends bone dry, mostly on the red wine aspects.
On ice: Very watered down – strips a lot of key aspects.

Additional Notes:  Ernest’s Oaky Rosé is as promised but also one of the more red wine focused Rosé ciders you’ll have. Very bone dry, it features a lot of red wine + grape aspects; as well as a lot of oak/wood and barreling characteristics. Minimal apples that are mostly upfront, they are tannic and a bit pulpy. A mature offering overall. Ice strips this of its essence – not recommended. Flavour forward with a lot depth but not necessarily too intense. 

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 1.5
Sour – 3.5
Crisp – 1
Dry – 4.5
Fruity – 2.5

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Shiny – Rosé
More Sour – Lost Craft – Dry Rosé
More Dry – 
More Crisp – Thornbury – Rosé

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