Dumanoir Cidre de Normandie, France

I’m not going to say, ‘... so far my favourite cider for the summer’ again, because that is getting to be rather repetitive wouldn’t you say. The Dumanoir Cidre de Normandie ticks all the right apple boxes; beer colour, applely aroma and super dry and tart in the mouth with a great finish of dried herbs. Just great really!

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Drink with prosciutto and melon salad
Cork and cage seal 4.5%v/v $11.90 for 750mL at Dan Murphy’s Hawthorn East

Cidrerie d’Anneville Normandy, France

“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood” Austin O’Malley

I would actually prefer to save a gallon of cider in this hot, sticky humid weather we are having right now – somehow I always think of Brer rabbit stuck in the briar patch when it is the humid, don’t know why, just do. Anyway, the cider today is Cidrerie d’Anneville from Normandy, France. Made from ripe apples this cider sits very cloudy in the glass, similar to a Coopers Sparkling Ale but more orange than Yarra River brown. Both nose and palate deliver fresh, clean, and after a while, sweet tones of ripe apple. The real surprise came about 3 hours later when a sort of sweet grilled pineapple flavour came wafting out of the bottle; just gorgeous.



Drink with salt and chilli squid
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Cork wrapped in cage 4.5%v/v $16 from Blackheart & Sparrows, Brunswick