Sundström Cider - Cider/Cider Davis 2018 (750ml)
Price: $22.99
| Producer | Sundström Cider |
| Country | United States |
| Region | New York |
| Varietal | Cider |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 202234 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Sundström Cider Description
Leif Sundström lives and works in New York’s Hudson Valley, helping to revive the region’s centuries-old tradition of preserving orchard fruit as cider, a drink that evokes early America’s agrarian past and, Leif believes, points the way to the region’s farming future. Leif is animated by the search for “the impacts of terroir and agriculture on cider’s ultimate potential” — and his conviction that cider from the northeastern U.S. is “poised to be among the best in the world.”
Leif makes tiny quantities of still and sparkling ciders. The fruit he uses is a blend of heirloom apples selected to express the delicate differences in variety and terroir of three historic cider-producing regions in New York. Fermentations start with a wild yeast pied du cuvée, and run long and cool to complete dryness. There is oak aging and considerable lees exposure. The sparkling ciders are traditional method without disgorgement.
The results are vinous ciders of tremendous character — textured, delicate, and nuanced, revealing of tradition, region, variety, method, and intent. Their notably high acids and greater phenolic content from maceration processes and lees contact, as well as bottling with their lees, equip them for aging and evolution in bottle.
There are numerous Ben Davis’ in history that have laid claim to the “original” Ben Davis apple; each claiming a chance-seedling with origins ranging as wide as Kentucky to Maine, and from 1799 to as late as 1840. The apple was planted so wide and fast during the 19th century that its original grafts were likely lost in short order; and so, the modern day Ben Davis remains an orphan cultivar of unknown origin. The cider is round with pit fruit and savory tea-like accents, and finishes with the most structure of the bunch, with suggestions of subtle tannin.
Cider/Cider is a bottle for any and every occasion. It’s light enough to accompany brunch, refreshing enough to pound on a hot day, elegant enough to start a special meal, and versatile enough to study alone.
100% Ben Davis Apples
