VINTAGE MEDIUM CIDER, A FERMENTED APPLE BEVERAGE WITH AN ALCOHOL CONTENT OF 7.5% ABV, CARBONATED TO A LEVEL OF 2.0 BAR AT 20 DEGREES CENTIGRADE AND PUT UP IN A 750ML GLASS BOTTLE SEALED WITH AN AUMINIUM ROPP CLOSURE THE FERMENTED APPLE BEVERAGE IS MADE FROM A BLEND OF BASE APPLE WINE, CONCENTRATED APPLE JUICE, GLUCOSE/FRUCTOSE SYRUP, NATURAL APPLE ESTERS, CITRIC ACID AND WATER. AS IT IS A FERMENTED PRODUCT, IT IS PRESERVED WITH SODIUM METABISULPHITE AND GIVEN A LIGHT PASTEURISATION TO KILL ANY YEAST CELLS REMAINING. THE APPLE JUICE CONTENT OF THE FERMENTED APPLE BEVERAGE AT 7.5% ABV IS 77%. THE BASE APPLE WINE IS FERMENTED FROM CONCENTRATED APPLE JUICE, SUGAR AND FERMENTATION SALTS. YEAST IS ADDED AND THE FERMENTATION CAREFULLY CONTROLLED TO COMPLETION AT 14% ABV FOLLOWED BY FILTRATION. THE BASE APPLE WINE CONTAINS 75% APPLE JUICE AND IS COLOURED. NO FURTHER CLEAN-UP TREATMENTS SUCH AS REVERSE OSMOSIS OR ULTRAFILTRATION ARE CARRIED OUT ON THE BASE APPLE WINE. THE BASE APPLE WINE IS CLASSIFIED TO 2206008900 AND HAS A BTI REFERENCE OF GB123293883.

CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING:- GENERAL INTERPRETATIVE RULES (GIR)S GIR 1 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THIS PRODUCT BY THE TERMS OF HEADING 2206 OTHER FERMENTED BEVERAGES (FOR EXAMPLE, CIDER, PERRY, MEAD); MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND MIXTURES OF FERMENTED BEVERAGES AND NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED. GIR 5B HAS BEEN USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF PACKAGING. GIR 6 HAS BEEN USED TO CLASSIFY THE GOODS TO SUBHEADING LEVEL 2206 - OTHER THAN PIQUETTE, SPARKLING CN CODE 22060031 - CIDER AND PERRY ALSO CLASSIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH:- CHAPTER 22 GENERAL CHAPTER NOTE 2 ADDITIONAL NOTE 10 TO CHAPTER 22 HSENs 2206 (1) PAGE IV-2206-1 CNEN'S NOTE TO CODES 22060031 TO 22060089