Flagship Sparkling Cider

Flagship is a first; a Vancouver Island cider free of added sulphites. Fermented at cool temperatures with Champagne yeast, this German-style ultra-dry cider offers herbal notes of lemongrass and Island fields. Made with single-varietal Calville Blanc apples, prized in the French culinary community for their spicy aromatics and acidity.  

Raise a glass of Sea Cider and let your apples be free!

How We Make This Cider

Flagship is produced by milling and juicing highly acidic Calville Blanc d’Hiver apples, then pitching a champagne yeast which can tolerate highly acidic juice at cool fermentation temperatures. Because there are no sulphites to control oxidation and spoilage, the production team must take extra precautions in apple selection and washing, aging and bottling. Fermentation and aging take place in our stainless steel tanks, which helps to preserve its sharp citrus character.

Tasting Notes & Food Pairings 

• Appearance: Gently effervescent, light, clear
• Aromas/Flavours: Citrus, herbaceous, delicate apple skins
• Acid/Sweetness: Pronounced acidity, ultra-dry
• Mouthfeel: Soft astringency

Food pairings: Mild and unripened cheese, such as Gouda, Edam, Wensleydale; delicate poultry dishes, seafood, risotto; fish and chips or sushi (easy on the wasabi).

Good to Know

• 7.1% ABV
• 750 ml clear champagne glass with crown cap + flip top for re-closure
  
• Produced on-site in Saanichton, BC, Canada

Awards

• 2023 SILVER - GLINTCAP 

• 2017 SILVER - GLINTCAP

• 2016 SILVER - Taste BC 

• 2016 BRONZE - GLINTCAP 

• 2015 SILVER - GLINTCAP

• 2015 BRONZE - Taste BC 

• 2014 BRONZE - Taste BC

Heirloom Series

Traditional European cider varietals and heritage North American apple varietals are the focus of our Heirloom Series. For centuries, British and European cidermakers have used cider-specific varietals to impart complexity in cider that ordinary eating apples cannot achieve. Cider made from bittersweet and bittersharp varietals in places like Herefordshire and Somerset delivers earthy phenolic aromas and appealing astringency that, to this day, distinguishes this style of cider as “the cider for cidermakers”.  Most of the varietals we grow at Sea Cider are of this lineage, and include Dabinetts, Kingston Blacks, Chisel Jerseys and Yarlington Mills. 

Sea Cider’s Heirloom Series of ciders pays tribute to apples that have stood the test of time and produced some of the world’s finest cider. The ciders in this series are handcrafted on our farm and have been developed to highlight the robust varietals deeply rooted in tradition.

Products in the Heirloom Series include, in preferred tasting order: Perry; Wild English; Flagship; Platinum; Kings & Spies; Bittersweet; Pippins.