Julien Frémont

Deep orange in colour, this is the driest and most savoury cider in the range. The apples come from trees on flint-strewn upper slopes above the cellar, where cattle graze between the rows and supply manure for the orchard. Its dry, savoury character makes it particularly food-friendly, while the intense colour gives the glass a distinctive visual presence.

Baked apple, caramel and gentle sweet spice open the aroma, followed by a deep, rounded palate with fine bubbles and a clear mineral edge. Clay-soil bitterness balances the richer orchard fruit and carries the cider into a savoury, quietly persistent finish. Serve cool with roast pork, Camembert, buckwheat crêpes or an apple tart; its combination of freshness, depth and earthy structure handles both savoury and lightly sweet dishes.