Cidrerie Michel Jodoin Rosé Mousseux

Brewed by Cidrerie Michel Jodoin
Style: Cider
Rougemont, Canada

Rosé cider with a burst of white head, dissipating quickly. Apple and strawberries in aroma. Sour puckering apples with apple peels. Light and refreshing. Tasted Spring 2006.

Sweet upfront fruits, certainly more fruity than the non-rose version. Flavours then become more sour, albeiti mild in nature. Slightly bitter back palate to finish.

Bouteille de 750 ml, acheté le 20/3/08 à l’SAQ Centropolis (Laval), bu le 3/4/08. Très rosé, bien mousseux. Arome plutôt sûrette de pommes mélangé avec des petits fruits. Le goût presque comme un chamagne, mais le sucre des fruits contre balance son effet. Un cidre pétillant bien goùteuse et une bonne alternative au champagne!

A pink cider with an aroma strong with apples, but also with notes of berries. The flavor is like a sparkling apple sodapop. Quite nice.

Bottle at the tasting room
Nuts, tart apple, very balanced sweet/tart. No alcohol notes detected here and a creamy zesty thing happening under my tongue.

(750ml bottle) Purchased at La Trappe à Fromage in Gatineau, QC. First off - the cork blew off and almost killed the host; it thin proceeded to spew its contents all over Lubiere’s back deck; the could only have been 1/2 the bottle remaining after the disaster. I hope Jodoin offers me a new bottle!! Pours a pink head with a peachy-red body. Nose is sweet and crisp. Very fresh apples swish around one’s mouth with a grand and balanced sweet and tartedness. Nicely carbonated - as with most Jodoin products - yet not a lot of flavour. The carbonation however is wildly exciting and worth the $17.99 price tag.

Pinkish, clear, lightly sparkling. Dryish crabapple nose. Woody, sweet with wet cave notes. Rocky dryness. Distinctive palate, initially sweet and floral, developping rosewater reminiscent flavors. A bit on the sweet side, but great overall balance if a bit short-flavored. Light bodied, good sparkling body. Great stuff.

Sample at the ciderhouse, RBSG Sunday cider tour. Pink-peachy color with nice visible fizzing bubbles...light, fresh nose with a hint of yeast...lovely sweet/dry body, expertly balanced...dry apple skins to finish, nice sparkling mouthfeel, a delight on the whole.