Trabanco - Alicia Sidra de Asturias (750 mL)
Trabanco - Alicia Sidra de Asturias (750 mL)
Trabanco's Alicia is the first Sidra de Autor, or “author’s cider” from the Trabanco cidery, the result of a lifetime’s work for Samuel Trabanco. Alicia is a single-varietal cider made from the historic Martina apple, a nearly forgotten delicious red Asturian varietal. They carefully select the best of the Martina varietal from their estate in Asturias in Northern Spain. Made by fermenting the crushed apples on their skins in their 100-year-old chestnut barrels to create this fresh, complex cider, still containing a small amount of residual carbon dioxide (a slight, pettilant sparkle). Their orchards in the Lavandera valley and neighboring villages are planted on steep hillsides with limestone-rich soils, giving their fruit a very distinctive terroir.
This cuvée is named for Samuel’s mother, Alicia, who used to guide him and his brothers in carefully picking their apple orchards, surrounded by the dense and wild forests of Lavandera, just 10km from the Cantabrian Sea. Alicia is a look back at these memories and an entire lifetime of experience: at an autumn harvest, at a mother and her family, and at this heritage as seen through the eyes of a child. Alicia is a very personal cider for Samuel, meant to be enjoyed at the table, with food, in a similar fashion to white wine.
Asturian ciders are increasingly hard to come by in the U.S., so we're thrilled to newly have access to this cider. It's also rare to receive a single-varietal expression from Spain, as well as one with some natrual carbonation. Sure to please fans of Spanish Cider. A very limited number of these bottles are available.
Tasting Notes: Dry cider (drinks slightly off-dry) with medium-plus acidity and medium-minus to low tannins. Clean & crisp with notes of green apple skin, lemon, a candy-like floral note, green melon, and star fruit. A slight grapefruit peel bitterness and crisp mineral note on the finish, with a soft nutty character from time spent on the lees. Delightful.
We also carry the sparkling cider from Trabanco, Poma Aurea, as well as their apple cider based Vermouth, Alma Quinquina en Rama. Click Here to browse our collection of Trabanco Cider products.
We carry more ciders from Spain than anywhere else in the U.S. Shop our entire collection of Spanish Cider Brands, including several Sidra de Asturias and Sagardoas from Basque Country.
Learn more about Trabanco by visiting their website, here.
- Dry-to-Sweet Scale: Dry
- Tannins: Medium-Minus
- Acidity: Medium Plus
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- Features: Single-Varietal Cider
- ABV: 6.5%
- Format: 750 mL Bottle
- Shipping available across U.S.
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