Blue Elephant Beverage Co.

Product

Cider No.3 - Pear Cider (2016)                                                

Region

Harcourt Valley, Victoria. Australia                                                       

Appearance

Clear in colour with a soft green hue.

Bouquet

Fresh flowers of Calendula and spice offering a refreshing perfume!

Palate

White blossom pear pith and spice with plenty of spritz that finishes refreshingly clean and crisp.

Season Conditions

Season 2016 was  dry and temperate offering a favourable maturation period and excellent ripening conditions. Fruit of the highest quality was hand-picked across selected maturity levels.

Fruit Selection

Buerre Bosc and Packham Pears are sourced from Chaplin Orchard in North Harcourt, Victoria.

The soil is well drained grey loam with decomposed granite.

Hand-picked in the cool mornings across several days and kept in controlled atmospheric refrigeration where further maturation continues for six weeks.

Fermentation

Hand sorting eliminates sub-standard fruit; the fruit is milled, cold pressed and chilled overnight before being racked into stainless steel tanks for inoculation with select yeast for fermentation.

Careful monitoring allows for a cool and moderate ferment to retain freshness and aroma and fermenting to dryness for the desired alcohol level. The cider is racked off gross lees, filtered and prepared for bottling.

Oak: No.                                                                                 

Analysis: Alc/Vol: 5.0%­ pH 3.43 TA 5.9

Dry/Sweet: Dry

Body: Medium Bodied.