Alpenfire Cider - Garden Gate (750 mL)
Alpenfire Cider - Garden Gate (750 mL)
Alpenfire Cider's Garden Gate is a limited release, small batch cider from the cidery's Burnt Branch Reserve Series. Alpenfire's Burnt Branch Series is mostly reserved for their own Cider Club members and for pouring at their orchard based tasting room in Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula. Snag this while you can!
Made from a blend of apples & pears growing just inside their garden's gate. Alpenfire Cider was the first certified organic cidery in the Western U.S. This blend includes organic apples (early Fuji, Kings, Liberty, and Red Gravenstein) and Perry Pears (Blakeny, Hendre Huffcapp, and Niijisseki). This batch is from the 2023 harvest. Dark gold in color, lightly tannic and complex with just a hint of residual sugars from the pear (drinks off-dry). Delightful.
Tasting Notes: Dry cider with medium-plus to high acid, and light tannins (slightly bitter tannins, not much astringency). Aromas of tropical pineapple and cooked apple. Flavor notes of crisp apple at first, followed by cooked pineapple and a wave of red grapefruit and citrus peel (pith). The acidity persists through the palate with the grapefruit. Finishes bone dry with a linger of apple skins and a minerality. Let it warm up and you'll notice some delightful apple leather notes.
- Dry-to-Sweet Scale: Dry
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- 🍎🍐 Varieties: Fuji, King, Liberty, Gravenstein, Huffcap Pears (Hendre), Perry Pears, and Asian Pears
- Features: Blend and Organic
- ABV: 6.9%
- Format: 750 mL Bottle
- Shipping available across U.S.
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