Wild Arc Farm - To Eris (Golden Apple and Quince Cider), in Collaboration with Rose Hill Farm

Winemaker’s note: “A return to one of our favorite early cider blends, made this time in collaboration with our friends at Rose Hill Farm in Red Hook, NY. Golden Russet, Golden Delicious, and Mutsu apples are blended with a small amount of quince and lightly sparkled in bottle. Named after Eris, the Goddess of Discord who threw a golden apple into a wedding, inciting the Trojan War.”

Fruit: Golden Russet, Golden Delicious, and Mutsu apples, quince

Orchard: Rose Hill Farm, New York State. IPM-farmed

Making of: The apples and quinces were crushed together and macerated for 24 hours before being pressed and racked to neutral French oak barrels, where it sat undisturbed for 10 months until being racked and blended. Bottled with local wildflower honey for refermentation.

SO2: None

Notes: White flowers, apricot, citrus pith. Bright floral notes from the Quince temper a sharp acidity akin to some Basque ciders.

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