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This Haykin Family Cider has a mild aroma, but it is light, airy, aromatic and refreshing. This is pretty magical. It has that lovely palate of soft fruits and a creamy mouthfeel with a fantastic light banana flavor—not sure which apple varietal provides it. This Méthode Ancestrale has enough sweetness to kiss your tongue and perk up your tastebuds, but it remains primarily dry. The finish is like a slow waltz to take you through your evening: soft and nuanced with minerality and reprises of tart apples. It is perfect for lighter meals or maybe fine dinner parties on the sun-kissed verandah of a large white house. This is special. It is so soft but filled with lush and lovely flavors without going overboard on flavor. So good and ever-so-slightly tropical. It is super bubbly but 90% of the bubbles mellow out quickly. This one truly sparkles.

Product Description:

A blend from Ela Family Farms, a fourth generation fruit grower including Cox’s Orange Pippin, Ashmead’s Kernal, Jonathan, Golden Delicious and others. This sparkling cider boasts the character of pear, banana, cardamom, lime, and substantial minerality. Methode Ancestrale is the world’s oldest method for sparkling production. The process is a deliberate and complex fermentation in which nothing is used but the apple. The fruit produces the sparkle, the aroma, and the flavor on its own. This bottle was aged 15 months sur less and disgorged by hand.

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