Éphémère (Cranberry)
Pours a hazy yellow-gold body that's topped by a short bright-white head that drops slowly to a thin lid of creamy foam. Lacing is minimal. The bouquet expresses a generic, slightly tart fruitiness that's not clearly cranberry (although fresh cranberries offer only a limited fruitiness themselves). The body is light, and it's crisp on the tongue with a very fine-bubbled and gently effervescent carbonation. The flavor is only mildly sweet, with its tart character balancing; and it finishes short and dry. It's very delicate, and quite one-sided. It's refreshing, but not much more. Of all of the fruit-enhanced versions of the Ephemere, this one seems to offer the least character. In many ways like a glass of dry sparkling wine.