A lovely Welsh oak conditioned general blend of bittersweet and sharp cider apples to produce a medium dry cider 6.8% abv from Gwynt-y-Ddraig in Pontypridd, South Wales.

This special reserve cider has been hand crafted exclusively from cider apples grown by traditional methods in ageing orchards. The juice pressed from these apples is fermented and matured in oak barrels to produce a cider rich in colour, body and flavour with a fresh fruity aroma.

Suitable for vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs.

Gwynt Y Ddraig Cider started production in the late autumn of 2001. Bill George and Andrew 'Drew' Gronow embarked on a cider making venture with one remit, to make Cider using traditional methods. There were no plans with what would be done with the cider once made, apart from being drunk that is, and it was all very much approached as a hobby.

Apples were picked and pressed pretty much at random as they had no real experience in the cider making field and the resulting juice was left to ferment in some old oak casks. Surprisingly the resulting cider, as Bill & Drew put it "wasn't half bad," although it was strong enough to knock out a couple of elephants! Many a person fell at the hand of that first batch. Importantly though, it gave them the cider bug. Realising that they had no way of re-producing the cider they had made due to the random mixture of apples they had used, they decided to take a more methodical approach.

From now on they would only use apples they recognised and had information about their cider producing properties.Through trial and error the technique slowly evolved into the methods used today. Still very much on a learning curve they continue to experiment with traditional methods with an emphasis placed on experimenting with apple blends to produce new and unique flavours.