Domaine Lesuffleur - 'La Folletière', Cider, Normandy, France (2018)

TASTING NOTES

Literally, the champagne of cider. This gorgeous, elegant, super refined cider is like nothing else we have tasted. Complex & layered with a tense mouthfeel derived from very different, yet harmonious apple varieties. 

Benoit continues to work in an organic way and will be certified in 2023.

Apples are hand-picked and selected for maturity, followed by meticulous sorting before pressing. Indigenous yeast fermentation. He uses traditional keeving method, which ensures a long slow fermentation leaving a little residual sugar, 3-4 rackings and light filtration.

The Lesuffleur family have grown apples and produced cider in Normandy for generations. Benoit learned his craft from his grandfather, Roger Lesuffleur - a well-reputed cidermaker in the Pays d’Auge and the first to sell the family’s cider commercially.