Rosewood – Legacy Cyser (2017)

Cider Profile:

Name: Rosewood Estate Winery – Legacy Cyser (2017)
Sampled March 2020

Brand:  Rosewood Estate Winery Type: Cyser (Mead) Location of Brewing: Beamsville, ON ABV: 13.5% Website Link: rosewoodwine.com Ingredients: N/A Gluten Free: Yes Sugar Content: 48 g/LSize(s) available: 500ml (bottle) Availability: Rosewood Estate Retail Store + Online Store Flavour: Apple and Honey Colour:  Sunshine Yellow Carbonation: Still

Cider Crate Tasting Notes:

Smell: Mild aroma. Honey and apple notes. Thicker, boozy sweet creamy apple overall.
Initial Taste: Minimal bite from astringency. Strong pungent honey and sweet apples notes. Thick mouthfeel.
After Taste: Extra smooth, flavour lasts a pretty long time. More crisp, fresh apple flavours becomes present.  Some earthy, more pulpy and filmy notes to finish.
On ice: Less astringency and more smooth/less sharp.

Additional Notes:  The Legacy Cyser by Rosewood is very unique.  It has a strong kick from the honey and wine elements/astringency initially, but becomes extra smooth quickly into the aftertaste with some woody finish. It’s sweet but not sugary, with some creamy and crisp apple elements. It lingers a long-time and different compared to other mead/cider hybrids. This apple mead cyser is well worth a bottle as we cannot recall seeing anything like this elsewhere in Ontario.

Rated on a scale of 1-5
Sweet – 4
Sour – 2
Crisp – 3.5
Dry – 2.5
Fruity – 4

Next recommendations:
More Sweet – Ernest – Dry Cider
More Sour – Clafeld – Oh Beehave Cider
More Dry – 
More Crisp – 401 Cider – Oh Honey Cider

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