Cidre de Normandie is a cider, clear or muddled alcoholic beverage made through the process of fermentation in the French region of Normandy. Ciders from Normandy are light yellow to dark orange, with a foamy head and fine bubbles throughout their liquid body.
The flavors are intense and rich - fruit, flowery and sweet, with a plethora of undertones reminiscent of apple, citrus fruit, peach, apricots, aniseed, lime, rose, cocoa, caramel and honey. The apples used in the process are sweet or bittersweet varieties, with the addition of perry pears to make the Normandy cider characteristically more acidic.
Due to the slow and long fermentation, a deeper, sweeter flavor is produced, making the cider a great drink at the end of a big meal.
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