Champagne method cyder from local fruit producing a delicious, refreshing and alternative sparkling drink. Critically acclaimed by BBC Food and Drink programme and BBC Radio 4 Food Programme. They also producing a range of dry and medium white, red and sparkling wines from their own vineyards.

The Lanes use only selected local apples and they ferment the must using wild cider yeasts in stainless steel tanks. This is followed by ten to twelve months bottle fermentation using (sshhh!) Champagne yeast, and the usual processes of remuage and dosage. It tasted beautifully fresh with a goodly touch of autolysis on the finish. Because mainly dessert apples are used rather than cider apples, flavour that is produced is more vinous and less like actual cider. But at 8.00% alcohol, it's stronger than most cider and weaker than most wine, so you have to be a bit careful. But at £4.50 a bottle you won't be knocking it back like scrumpy, so you should survive intact.

Gospel Green Cottage, Gospel Green, Haslemere, West Sussex GU27 3BH

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