Bardos Cider "Yeti" California All Natural Cider (red label)

Commercial Description: A CONTINUATION OF our first vintage, we hand gleaned the fruit mid August, 2019, from an abandoned orchard of mostly Gravenstein and Rome apples, planted, likely, in the 1950s at the top of Grandview Road in Sebastopol, California. The orchard was secured by our tree-steward and guide, Yeti, and with the help of friends, Jack Donoghue and David Jacob Kramer, we gleaned about six tons of primarily red gravenstein. We pressed the apples with Darek Trowbridge at Old World Winery where we then aged the cider in neutral oak for about six weeks. When we bottled, we dosaged the cider with fresh pressed juice after which the cider finally bottle conditioned for around 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 on behalf of the natural climate both magically and technically fostered by Darek at his beautiful winery. We are really proud of this cuvee, the first official Bardos release.