Cidrerie Eclectik

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We make living ciders that we enjoy drinking and that tell a story of the terroirs or the people. They are to be enjoyed, as an aperitif or with food, with joy and your senses awakened! Eclectik is a unique cidery by design. In addition to the apples we collect from wild orchards in Beaune or our surroundings, we select and buy apple juices in several French regions with a rich cider-making tradition like Pays d'Othe, Normandy or Brittany. Freshly-pressed juices are transferred to Beaune to ferment in our cellars. In Beaune, we ferment our ciders naturally, with their indigenous yeasts and very slowly during several months, with just the occasional racking, in the coolness of our cellar. Fermentations are complete and our ciders fully dry. Our singularity comes from our approach: for the fermentation of each cider, we choose the most suitable receptacle according to its aromatic potential and our creative agenda. We take a lot of time (and pleasure!) to look for diversity in our barrels: wines from many terroirs, varietals and appellations (Bourgogne, Jura, Loire, Rhône…), spirits (Armagnac, whisky, Calvados, Marc or Fine de Bourgogne to name a few), or even craft beers or liquors.Provided to us by winemakers, distillers or brewers who are also close friends, they have all housed exceptional wines or spirits, and the quality of our ciders owes much of their distinctive character to these barrels. After regular tastings and only when we judge the time to be right, we will design our cuvées with a specific combination of barrels. By nature, each year might be different and our ciders will reflect their terroir(s) of origin, the vintage conditions and of course the blend and taste of the barrels they come from. After blending, Eclectik ciders are bottled as per the méthode traditionnelle (like Champagne) for second fermentaton.