Bardos "Hatch" Cider, Sonoma, CA

FROM BARDOS

THE CIDER: Gleaned with friends from a private, old orchard in Sebastopol, Ca. A blend of Jonathans, Russets and other mid-varietal fall apples, aged clean in stainless for six weeks. The result is a fruity, bubblegum meet-feijoa nose and a dry mineral finish.

THE PRODUCER: Bardos makes cider in the arid climate and sandy-loam soil of Northern California. A collective venture of friends and family, we produce ciders with minimal carbon footprint and a deep appreciation for sustainable agriculture and ancestral wine and cider-making traditions.

Focusing on apples that have gone feral and derelict, the orchards with which we work are not farmed or irrigated; rather, they are stewarded in their old age. Without any additions other than the fruit we press, the ciders we make are an inspired expression of the unique lives, mysteries, and times of the trees, terroir and their fruit.