Domaine Lesuffleur - La Folletière Cidre de Normandie 2019 (750 mL)
Domaine Lesuffleur - La Folletière Cidre de Normandie 2019 (750 mL)
La Folletière Cidre de Normandie is made with a blend of more than 15 cider apple varieties grown on the Lesuffleur family's estate orchard. Approximately 40% bittersweet apples (including Binet Rouge and Bidquet), 25% bitter apples (mostly Mettais and Frequin Rouge), and 25% sharp apples (Rambeau, Rene Martin, etc.) for a balance of tannins, acidity, and fruit qualities. The juice is spontaneously fermented using indigenous yeast and using traditional keeving methods (long, slow fermentations with 3-4 rackings and light filtration). Finished in the ancestral method, with the cider aging on lees in the bottle for 3 or more years before disgorging.
The vintage on the bottle (2019) refers to the harvest season of the fruit. This 2019 vintage is rare and relatively limited. We also have the 2018 vintage, which was imported to the U.S. in more significant volume and probably the vintage you've tried stateside. Both vintages are excellent!
Certified Organic | from the Pays d’Auge appellation in Normandie France (though not using the designation).
About Domaine Lesuffleur: The Lesuffleur family has grown apples and produced cider in Normandy for generations. Benoit learned his craft from his grandfather, Roger Lesuffleur - a well-reputed cidermaker in the Pays d’Auge and the first to sell the family’s cider commercially. However, his father was less focused on continuing the family business, preferring to make cider to enjoy at home with family.
So Benoit moved away, finished his studies and built a successful business as a wine agent in Paris, representing many top estates in Champagne and Burgundy. Inspired by these winemakers he worked so closely with, he realized his childhood ambition - to be a cidermaker like his grandfather.
After finally convincing his parents he was on to something, he returned home on weekends to oversee the management of his family apple orchards and in 2012, produced his first vintage of Domaine Lesuffleur cider. Today, he’s taken on some of the best varieties from his family’s orchards, using a wide range of heritage apples & pears, and creating vinous blends that balance sweet, bitter, and tannic varieties.
- Dry-to-Sweet Scale: Semi-Sweet
- Tannins: Medium-Plus
- Acidity: Medium Minus
- 🍎🍐 Varieties: Apple Variety Info Unavailable
- Features: Blend and Organic
- ABV: %
- Format: 750 mL Bottle
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