Brutal!!! Cider Brand 2019
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| Management number | 253563269 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$16.40 | Model Number | 253563269 | ||
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Brutal!!! is an annual collaboration between Æblerov, the Copenhagen-based natural cider producer, and Weingut Brand, a fifth-generation organic winery in Bockenheim, Pfalz. The 2019 blend is 50% Red Aroma apples, 10% quince, and 20% each of Riesling and Kerner grapes sourced directly from Brand's organically farmed vineyards in the Palatinate. Wild-fermented with no additions, nothing removed.
Red Aroma is a Danish eating apple with pronounced aromatic character and high acidity, common in Æblerov's blends. Quince adds grip, bitterness, and a distinct floral-astringent quality. The Riesling and Kerner from Weingut Brand bring vineyard-derived acidity and a petrol-tinged, white-flower aromatic lift that pulls the whole thing unmistakably toward wine territory. The result sits somewhere between a natural pét-nat and a funky cider: vinous, dry, and lively.
Æblerov's production philosophy follows the same rules as natural wine: no added yeasts, no sugar, no pasteurization. Bottle fermentation occurs on naturally occurring sugars using wild yeast from the fruit's surface, producing fine, natural carbonation. Sediment is expected. The 2019 clocks in at 9% ABV, making it lighter on alcohol than most natural wines but fully dry on the palate.
Weingut Brand gained organic certification in 2017 and also applies biodynamic treatments across their estate. Their Kerner and Riesling vines grow on limestone-loam soils around the Bockenheimer Sonnenberg hill at elevations between 150 and 350 meters, one of the coolest sites in the Pfalz, with persistent winds funneled from the Donnersberg mountain. All Brand wines are made with no or minimal added sulfites.
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