Decideret 'Lees Is More' Sparkling Cider 2018+2019 | Lilleø, Denmark

A dry sparkling apple cider from Decidret - think a cross between a fancy Normandy Cider and Champagne. Super good.

Tannins, toast and yeast. But also fruit, body and aromatic sweetness. A bit more serious and stalk, more wrinkles than usual for Decideret.

Harvested across 2018 and 2019, spent 19 months on lees.

Producer: Decideret 

Region: Vigmosegaard - Lilleø, Denmark

Style: Dry Sparking Cider

Fruit: Bramley and French Cider Apples

ABV: 6.0%

Size: 750mL Bottle

NERD NOTES

“Field blend” made from apples from Vigmosegaard at Lilleø. The cider varieties were bottled after 12 months of fermentation, blended with Bramley apples from 2019. After bottling, the wine spent 18 months on the lees before disgorgement.

Bottled in winter 2020. Disgorged by hand in late summer 2021.

Unfiltered. Contained sediment.

Varieties: Bramley / French Cider Apple Mix (Douce Coet, Kermerrien, Binet Rouge and more) / Mixed Garden

Style: Brut from cider varieties and Bramley apples
Sweetness: Dry
Alcohol: 6,0 % vol.
Bottle pressure: 2,2 bar
Apple varieties: Bramley (37 %), mixed French cider varieties like Douce Coet, Kermerrien, Binet Rouge (54 %), mixed garden apples (9%)
Region apples: Lilleø (Vigmosegaard).
Garden apple juice for second fermentation (pasteurized) is from Funen.
Vinification: Nordhavn, Copenhagen
Organic: Bramley: Yes (not certified), Cider varieties: No, Garden
apples: Yes (not certified)
Pressing: Cider varieties - December 2018 (direct press), Bramley -
November 2019 (48 hour maceration), Garden Apples - October 2019
(direct press)
Fermentation: Spontaneous, in neutral plast tanks (1000 L)
Maceration (after pressing): No
Filtration: No
Bottling: January 2020, bottled with 14 g/l sugar, using the
residual sugar from the mixed garden apple for the second
fermentation on the bottle
Disgorgement: Yes, August / September 2021
Added sulphites: No