Sweet Sparkling

Golden colour. No haziness and moderate fizz. Ripe apple aroma with leather. Flavour has spice and raisins. Smooth and rich.

Label states:- This award winning, whole juice cider is a careful blend of traditional cider fruit, selected from local orchards to give our cider roundness and depth of flavour. There are no added colourings, flavourings or water. The family have made cider for three generations and have a passion for preserving quality and tradition. The label is a specially commissioned woodcut by Steve Hyslop, representing the home of Severn Cider, with the landmark May Hill. Contains sulphites Suitable for Vegans The Old Vicarage, Awre, Newnham, GL14 1EL www.severncider.com Barcode 5 060156 470534

Much sweeter than my usual tipple but just what my wife would choose.

Rich, golden colour, with an aroma of light wood and spice. Buttery fruit flavour, with leather and spice tones, the spice becoming more pronounced in the finish, suggesting mace and allspice. The combination of sweetness and spice makes this an enjoyable dessert cider, with a good degree of complexity.

The pour is a clear light amber with medium effervescence. The aroma is sharp and tannic apple. The taste is sweet apple with a slight tartness. The finish is long astringent and phenolic. Its okay but I wish it was a little less sweet. I would have enjoyed it more with a little more tartness and acid coming through. I wouldn’t turn it down, especially after a hot summer day.