PRODUCER: SIDRA FANJUL, Tiñana, Astúrias

CIDER MAKER: Carlos Ballesteros

6% alc./vol., 700 ml., cork closure

A traditional unfiltered, wild yeast (spontaneously fermented by native ambient yeasts) cider. Licorice and banana aromas, nutty flavor and bracing acidity.

Native Asturian apple varieties: Raxao, Fuentes (sharp); Collaos (semi-sharp), Verdialona (sweet)

Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition: Gold/Best in Category, 2018; Gold, 2017; Silver, 2016, 2015

Sagardo Forum: Mejor Sidra Asturiana, Silver, 2017

The Cider Journal: The Fanjul incarnation of Asturian cider delivers a bit more of the apple fruit aromas on the nose than many other natural ciders from this region. However, the tangy character and the funk is certainly front and center. Tom Wark