ABEL METHODE CIDER 2022 375ml

Cidery notes (2022 Vintage)
"We make Abel Methode Cider in small quantities each vintage from freshly harvested apples and pears.  All fruit is hand-picked, milled, then fermented dry.

Our cider is unfined and unfiltered. This basically means we allow our cider to naturally clarify via gravity, this gentle process helps preserve the natural fruit characteristics.

Our Methode Cider is fermented in bottle like champagne.  This natural carbonation gives a finer bubble which retains aromas and flavours.  Bottle fermentation adds complexity and texture, as well as giving cloudiness from the yeast sediment that remains.  

Abel Methode Cider is bone dry with zero sugar (glucose/fructose). This is the way we like to drink cider – dry, refreshing and full of natural fruit sweetness derived from the delicious apples and pears that the Tasman region is famous for.

Our latest vintage release!  Same deliciously dry cider, bottle fermented and non-disgorged.  It's super fresh and has all the hallmarks of our house style.  Yummo!"

Rated Excellent & 94/100 Cameron Douglas MS (2022 Vintage)
"Vintage dated cider is rare in NZ and there’s a good reason why, it must be good and it must be age-worthy. Here is one excellent example that ticks all the boxes of quality and complexity. Aromas of lees and a fine honey malt suggestion, then quince, baked apple and preserved lemon. A bright youthful attack on the palate, a finer mousse fades just enough to user in flavours of pineapple then lees and apples, some honeysuckle and white spice. A complex drink that is both interesting and thirst quenching. Rather delicious drinking from day of purchase and through 2026+."