Tangletoe Scrumpy Cider

Brewed by Mountford Wines
Style: Cider
Pemberton, Australia

Still, pale, clear, some chunks in the bottom of the bottle. Intruiging aroma of oak, vanilla, big fruitiness, homemade apple jam, sour cherries and crab-apples. Quite lambic-like and very nice. Tastes a bit thin and very vinous initially but it’s nicely dry and tart. As you drink more it opens up further with some light tangy fruit, nice tannins and the faintest vinegary edge a la Rodenbach Grand Cru. Like a hybrid between the dry dessert-apple champagne-style ciders available here and a really crazy gutsy scrumpy - nice. Starts a bit slow but really grows on you. Good stuff.