Fable Farm Emanation Cider 2019

Emanation is a dry sparkling cider made in the ancestral method from a blend of foraged wild cider apples and organically cultivated fruit from Walden Heights Nursery and Orchard in Walden, Vermont. The juice is fermented in stainless steel with ambient wild yeast and bacteria, then bottled before fermentation completes so the cider finishes its first fermentation in bottle, trapping natural carbonation. No filtration, no pasteurization, no sulfite additions.

The cultivated fruit comes from orchardist Todd Parlo's certified organic orchard in Walden, Vermont, situated at approximately 1,700 feet elevation in USDA hardiness zone 3a. The orchard maintains over 600 distinct apple varieties, with trees pruned and grown alongside a polyculture of companion plantings. The foraged component is gleaned from wild apple trees scattered across the hills of central Vermont.

Fable Farm Fermentory is operated by brothers Jon and Chris Piana on 850 acres in Barnard, Vermont, in the foothills of the Green Mountains. They began farming vegetables there in 2008, transitioned to perennial fruit production and fermentation in 2013, received their federal fermentory license in 2015, and have operated the cidery full-time since 2016. Emanation is one of their flagship ciders and a 2019 Good Food Award winner.

Expect a light gold pour with gentle, pétillant carbonation. The flavor profile is dry and tart, with russet apple, biscuit, dried straw, and a suggestion of chestnut honey, backed by earthy lees character and bright acidity at the finish. At 6.4% ABV, it is genuinely sessionable.