Coterie

Up in the wondrous Champlain Valley of Vermont, our friends at Shacksbury Cider have been using traditional and contemporary technique to craft some of the regions’ most quenching and delightful apple ciders.

Foraging for wild ingredients, mixed culture fermentation in oak, blending together from fresh and mature stock — these are a few of the methods we admire in their approach.

Nearly two years ago, we took a trip up to Vermont to hang with their team, visit a few of their foraging spots, and taste through some of their ciders at various stages of fermentation. During our visit the concept for Coterie was born.

Coterie (9%) is a blend of wild fermented Vermont apple cider, selected and pressed by our friends at Shacksbury Cider, and skin-contact Seyval Blanc wine. Each were aged for 8 months in oak and blended together in the fall of 2019.