Ross on Wye Cider & Perry Raison D'etre 2022

ABV 8.4% - 750ml - Cider - £12.5

This is the 2022 edition of Raison d'Être. Fiery, intense, complex - this vintage features 90% Dabinett, 10% Bisquet, with a larger barrel fermented component than ever before. The result is a cider with real depth - astoundingly inviting aromatics, a mixture of bittersweet apple, orchard leaves, and smokey oak cask, lead into the most flavoursome Raison ever. Acres of fruit in each sip, filling the midpalate with that classic faux sweetness, before the herbal element of Dabinett softens the mouth for a long, winding tannic finish of gentle bitterness and a touch of astringency. It's dry, bittersweet cider, just as we love it. Raison d’Être is the quintessential expression of cidermaking on our farm. Our philosophy in a single cider: clean, ripe, bittersweet apples wild fermented in oak casks, matured patiently and quietly, and bottle conditioned. This is a cider with drinkability, complexity, and identity, that takes you on a journey from the first sip to the last, with the flavours evolving and developing across the palate. This cider is the result of two years of care and attention, and tells you the story of our home - a story of fruit, tannins, and time.