Empyrical Orchard & Cidery - Outlier Cider (500 mL)
Empyrical Orchard & Cidery - Outlier Cider (500 mL)
Empyrical's Outlier Cider is an oak-aged crabapple blend that prominently features a single transcendant crabapple tree growing on a historic old prairie orchard in the foothills of Washington's Cascade Mountains. This lone tree is roughly 30 feet tall and sits on the edge of a property in Central Washington surrounded by little else. Check out this beautiful video on Empyrical's instagram for a glimpse of the fruit being harvested by Adam & Elizabeth.
The Transcendant Crabapples from this tree are blended with Hewes Crab, Muscadette de Dieppe, Calville Blanc and Dolgo crab apples grown on Empyrical's own orchard; as well as some Ashmead's Kernel apples harvested in Eastern Washington.
The sharp blend was mellowed by an in-bottle malo-lactic fermentation. The cider drinks dry to semi-dry, with medium-plus tannins and acidity in great balance. Complex aromas of a freshly cooked down batch of apple butter - cooked apple, bit of baking spice, and faint notes of white flower, apricot, wood, and an orange wedge. Rich fruitcake flavor profile, a palate cleansing minearity, and with lingering phenolic notes of smoke, spice, and barrel.
Exquisite.
- Dry-to-Sweet Scale: Dry
- Tannins: Medium-Plus
- Acidity: Medium Plus
- 🍎🍐 Varieties: Crabapples, Dolgo Crabapple, Ashmead's Kernel, Muscadet de Dieppe, Hewes Crabapple, and Calville Blanc d’Hiver
- Features: Organic
- ABV: 9.0%
- Format: 500 mL Bottle
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