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West County Cider Redfield

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43.2/5.02.93/5.06.7%0Flute, Lager glass
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The Redfield, a rare American cider apple with red flesh, adds its color and vibrant fruit to this blend of Baldwin and other apples. Our family ferments and bottles this cider at our Catamount Hill orchard. Dry and elegant with bright red fruit on the palate and a racy finish. Serve chilled. Estate bottled: 2 batches, 269 cases total.
 Cletus (5057), Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Pours a clear orange with some fizziness. Smells of apple juice. Tastes sweet and lightly appley with a mellow tarte hint and a touch of vanilla.


 Ernest (4487), Boulder, Colorado, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/510/20
Aug 31, 2009  
Bottle. Head is initially small, fizzy, white, fully diminishing. Body is medium reddish-orange. Aroma is light notes of apple skin, apple, wood/stems. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly to moderately bitter. Light to medium body, watery texture, fizzy carbonation, moderately to heavily astringent. Quite tannic/astringent and fairly bitter as well. Not much aroma. Easily the least of the three West County ciders I’ve tried.


 muzzlehatch (4427), Burlington, Vermont, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 10, 2006  
750 ml bottle undated but purchased at Table & Vine in Northampton, MA in spring 2004, served chilled in a Christoffel glass. Medium amber to salmon color, fairly placid and still with just a bit of bubbling and fizzy head lasting a minute or so....nose is quite oaky, with touches of caramel and vanilla, and dry baked apples....body is likewise dry, woody, rather thin and tending towards bitter and lightly metallic towards the finish, but clean and refreshing if a bit undercarbonated (could be the age as well....the cork was rather beaten and I suspect this is well over 2 years old). On the whole I agree pretty much with the sole previous reviewer; it is certainly no alco-pop like the Woodchucks of the world but it doesn’t really take it to the next level either. Pleasant quaffer, essentially.


 DYCSoccer17 (2192), Davis, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 3, 2005  
Bottle purchased at Town and Country in West Springfield, MA. The aroma of this is absolutely wonderful. It is very aromatic as it wafts across the room. Nice apple pie aroma with hints of cinnamon and allspice. Pours a mildly hazy honey color with very fine white bubbles. Bottle opened without a pop. Starts a bit apply and somewhat sweet, turning much drier and quite astringent in the middle. Finishes grainy and cereal-like with a bit more apple notes. This cider just seems a bit on the thin side and lacking body. A promising beverage that just doesn’t come together.



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