Joli Rouge – Érable

Cider Profile:

Name: Joli Rouge – Érable / Maple
Sampled March 2025

Brand:  Joli Rouge/ La Microbrasserie du Saguenay Type: Flavoured – Maple Location of Production: Saguenay, QC ABV: 5% Website Link: cidrejolirouge.com Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: N/A Size(s) available: 473ml (can) Availability: Quebec better bottle shops Flavour: Maple Colour:  Transparent, golden rod Carbonation: Small, infrequently streaming bubbles

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Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Strong aroma. Syrupy, maple forward. Slightly candied. Crisp, dessert apple base.
Initial Taste: Medium bite from carbonation. Crisp, acidity-driven apple but quite clean. Culinary apple base that’s bright, forward and vivid. Candied maple right upfront.
After Taste: Macintosh-like notes here. Maple becomes deeper in nature +  more syrupy/sap like. Maple lingers beyond the apple.
On ice: Reduced apple intensity and less maple.

Additional Notes:  Joli Rouge’s Érable showcases two of the best of Quebec offerings – maple syrup and traditional apple cider using culinary apples. It features a driving acidity upfront, with a bright, clean and vivid apple forward base throughout. The maple starts off a bit more candied, but then becomes a deeper flavour, less sweet, more syrupy/sap like in the finish. The maple lingers longer than the apple base does.

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

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Lacroix – Pioneer
More Sour – 
More Dry – Domaine Lafrance – Darragon de Brandy de Pomme
More Crisp – Domaine Heritage – Abbott’s Corner

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