Cidre millésimé 2025 - 33cl - "Parcimonie" - Cyprien Lireux

"Parcimonie" means sparingly — in small quantities, here and there. The name describes the method. Cyprien Lireux gleans his apples from old haute-tige orchards in the Pays d'Auge, sometimes only a few crates of one variety at a time, from trees planted before mechanisation that nobody else would pick.

The blend brings together local sweet, sharp and bitter varieties, all picked by hand. The fruit matures for two to four weeks in wooden crates before pressing, then ferments slowly on the wild yeasts carried on the apples themselves. No additives, no sulphites. Nothing else.

A dry, lively 2025 vintage cider with fine bubbles, where the bitterness of old varieties meets the freshness of the fruit. Nothing like industrial sweet cider: this one has structure and tannins.

At the table: roast pork, poultry, hard cheeses, buckwheat galettes. Equally good as an aperitif, well chilled.

33 cl bottle. Organic, Normandy.