Bardos "Yeti" Red Gravenstein Cider, Sonoma, CA

FROM BARDOS

THE CIDER: Hand-gleaned red Gravensteins picked in Occidental, Ca. Apples were then pressed with Darek Trowbridge at Old World Winery in Fulton, Ca where cider was aged in neutral oak for six weeks. During bottling, cider was dosaged with fresh-pressed juice and bottle conditioned for three months. The final cuvee is a young juicy cider, with fruit on the nose and a dry finish. It has dimensional hints of bret and acid due to the natural climate, both magically and technically fostered by Darek at his beautiful winery.

Harvested mid-August, 2020 and bottled on December 17th, 2019, during the rare 'double planet' conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter to land on winter solstice. No added yeast or sulfites.

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.