Brew:  Moutere Cider

Brewery:  Peckham’s Cider

Style: Cider ABV 5.5% – 5.9%

Moutere Cider pours a golden orange almost amber color with a provocative nose of apple.  The taste is a perfect blend of juicy and tart with a dry finish.  The depth of the apple flavor is extremely layered and will leave you meditating on each note you savor, finding something uniquely your own. Moutere cider embodies the honest flavor of a cider apple, coats the mouth like honey, and is tart and dry on the palate like a sour. You will find yourself immersed in the smells, flavors, and feelings of a cold fall morning at the apple orchard of your dreams. Moutere Cider is a testament to the signature Moutere Clay soil in which the cider apple trees are grown.  It is fermented slowly with the finest blend of cider apples and it is evident in the flavor.  The purity of the blend and ingredients makes Moutere Cider the true epitome of a great cider.

I must say that Peckham’s Cider is quite possibly the best cider brewer in existence and undoubtedly my favorite.  They grow a range of cider apple varieties and they do it on a family owned orchard in New Zealand. The area they occupy in Northern New Zealand, known as Upper Moutere, has exceptional soil, cool temperate weather, and a long growing season – Conditions  in which apple trees flourish. Peckham’s Cider truly honors the tradition of cider brewing and their roots in New Zealand by incorporating traditional cider brewing techniques and flavor profiles but adding regional flavor.  They embrace the unique flavor of their cider apple varieties grown from Moutere Clay, the soil in Upper Moutere New Zealand, and seamlessly integrate fruits and spices that are grown locally into their cider blends.  Every new cider from Peckham’s is not just an adventure but a work of art.

Seller Description:  Only once the apples are fully ripe, are they harvested. Careful blending to enhance complex varietal characteristics results in a well balanced juice. This is fermented slowly, and matured for several months with minimum intervention to develop full bodied, rounded flavours. Ciders are then blended to yield a complex, yet easy drinking cider. Off-dry. Rounded and spritzy in the mouth with mild tannins, fruity notes and notable flavour development.