Etienne Dupont Cidre Bouché Brut de Normandie

Brewed by Domaine Familial Louis Dupont
Style: Cider
Victot-Pontfol, France

2004 Bottle. Nearly lost my eye on this bottle. I gave the cage one twist of the wires and the cork and cage assembly exploded in my hand. Violent gushing for a couple of seconds (lost about an eighth of the bottle first pour is violently carbonated, like champagne, nearly all foam, and then the bubbles appear violent in the glass. Golden yellow, chill hazed body. Second pour yeilds a white head that stays for the duration of the drink. Nose of apples, lemon citrus, horseblanket and earthiness. Taste is pretty darn dry (not Austrian Trocken, but still pretty dry). Taste is overrippened apples, earthiness, and a bit of plastic-funkiness in the finish. Sharp champagne like carbonation, and a dry mouthfeel. Gets better the more I drink it.

Ça sent et goûte le cuir et ça me rappelle donc les nanas sexys des gars de goths où je me suis déjà promené. C’est très doux et ça rappelle même un peu en fait ces célèbres mélanges de 7UP/Sprite et de jus de pommes que les potes et moi vendions aux nanas délurées de Ste-Foy, jadis. C’est jolimment jaune et le col blanc mousseux ne disparaît jamais. Fort agréable ! Mais ce dont je me souviendrai toujours, c’est cette odeur de cuir... miam !

2006 bottle. Clear gold pour with a white head that fades almost immediately. Sweet but tart apple aroma with a faint yeastiness and some noticeable horse blanket. Tart and astringent apple up front which fades to sweet green apple, yeast and faint sour funk. Dry medium body with lots of tingly carbonation.

From bottle Vintage 2005 : Pours a hazy amber color with a small white fizzy head that dies out after a minute or two. Nose is sweet, with sour apples. First impression is that the body is thick, quite thick. Has a sweet taste, some sour apples toward the end, and ends very dry....very dry indeed. Some apple lingers in the aftertaste, and the dry tartness. Not to bad, it is my first real cider, so i dont have much to compare it with though.

Vintage 2006. Warm golden with a quickly disappearing head. The aroma has a light sweetness, notes of ripe apples, light barnyard and damp basement. The flavour has a light sweetness, notes of slightly sweet apples with a natural sourness, fermented apple, light, damp cellar and wood. Not bad at all!

Bottle, bought @ Vinspecialisten, Kolding Storcenter.
[vintage 2005]
Pours clear golden with a green-yellow hue. When poured, there is a medium, fizzy white head, but it quickly disappears. Instead the stunning amount of fresh bubbles surching towards the top, forming a new, continually regenerating white head. Aroma is great, lots of fresh, green apples as well as a slight funkiness of overripe red apples. High and lively carbonation. Flavour is wonderfully balanced between slight woodiness, heavy fresh apples, light funk and a general good balance. Wonderful.

37,5cl bottle @ VinensVerden,Odense. Wauw - what a cider- funky fresh. Hazy yellow with a off white head. Fruity apple. fresh, tart & sweet. Dry & perfectly carbonated! Yessir!

Pours clear and golden. Nice small white head leaves some lacing. This cider has a heavy apple aroma. Slightly tart with a sweet finish. Very nice!! Very nice!!