Etienne Dupont Organic Cidre Bouché Brut de Normandie

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

Sweet, earthy flavors with strong apple & barnyard aromas. A little too much sugar than I like (palate not so dry & tannic) but still good.

This golden cider poured with a miniscule white head, eliciting a light apple aroma. The flavor is sweet, slightly tangy, carbonated and very pleasant.

(Bottle) Pours a clear golden body with a spare bubbly head. Aroma of apple orchard, earthiness, and bandage. Organic apple flavor with some dustiness. Watery finish.

2004 corked bottle and served in my NB flute glass: Poured a hazed yellow color with minimal head or lace. The aroma has notes of Macintosh apple and a hint of earthy and barnyard funk. (This smells more like a fruit-lambic then did the Lindemans Apple (Pomme) I just had)

The taste is over-ripened apple flesh with just a note of allspice. It seems that whatever is there in the fermentation caused a yeast-like funk that added to the depth of palate. I like this the more I drank it.

When I mixed this equally with the Lindemans Pomme, then I got what I really wanted in the first place.

2003 bottle. Kept in refrigerator since early 2005 and finally opened today 7-8-06. I’ll admit that I’m not a cider drinker but I did find the aroma to be mouth watering. Green apples and hins of spices. Tangy cider flavor with hints of lemon peel and pumpkin pie spice. Slightly acidic finish. Like I said, I’m not a cider fan but I’ve never enjoyed a cider as much as I enjoy this one.

Bottle. Copper body with no head. Light plastic/band-aid. Taste-apple, light sweetness, apple sauce, smokey, plastic. Good, but thin and disappointing in the end.

2003 bottle. Picked up at Brawley’s in Charlotte. Flippin’ beautiful. Cider poured a hazy medium yellow with a small, frothy, white, diminishing head. The aroma was a simple,sublime symmetry between apple and yeast. The nose was packed with fresh, sweet fruit and moderate-to-heavy funky notes of lemon, barnyard and cellar. The flavor was heavily sweet, trace acidic and lightly bitter with a short, lightly acidic fruit-juice like finish. The body was medium, the texture was water-to-velvety and the carbonation was fizzy. An increadible taste; I find myself craving it. It also gets even more points from me for being a great example of how beautiful simple, whole foods can be.

2003 Bottle. Body is hazy medium yellow, bottle conditioned. Aroma is moderately yeasty (barnyard), with notes of apple, pear, flowers, lime. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic. Finish is lightly to moderately sweet, moderately acidic. Medium body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation. Excellent, as expected from this cidery.