Wilding Cider, Reasons to be Cheerful 2024

Tasting Notes

“Reasons to be Cheerful 2024” is a recurring, highly praised medium-sweet, lightly sparkling fine cider produced by Wilding Cider, an acclaimed, minimal-intervention cidery based in Chew Magna, Somerset. Crafted by makers Beccy and Sam, this particular vintage highlights quality fruit hand-picked from traditional, unsprayed heritage orchards.

The cider is produced using the Rural Method (Ancestral Method). It is fermented slowly through the depths of winter using only wild yeasts with zero additives or sulphites, and is left naturally sweet through gentle, patient racking.

Filled with deep, complex aromas of dried apricot, raw honey, tropical fruit, oily herbs, and subtle wood. The palate is beautifully balanced by smooth, ripe tannins and a soft, natural residual sweetness.