Honey and plum to nose. Honey to taste. Makes sense because it's made from honey. Dessert wine, with a little alcohol to taste. Think honey, not Biffy.
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Light 24 karat gold sheen. Nose of honey and yellow plums. Initial palate of slightly bitter honey that is pleasant but nothing special. The real joy of this wine comes at the finish, where it transitions between honey and yellow plums and sweetened gooseberries and grapefruit and passion fruit. Finally, the bitter honey takes over once more and lingers quite a while.
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I had a bit of sport by serving this blind at the end of a tasting to several wine friends. I had it brown bagged, but it is a 750 wine bottle, has a foil capsule and a cork, which I made sure people saw me extracting (you can disguise that it is synthetic) as I offered to buy dinner for anybody that could identify it. One gal did identify honey, but actually said it tasted like "honey bees". Not "honey", but "honey bees", which I thought was actually rather brilliant.
In fact it tastes good, with honey and over-ripe apple, hint of caramel and spice, just short on the acidity one would expect from a wine. Mine had been aging over 1.5 years, which probably does have some effect.
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Sweet and floral with pungent aromas of cat pee, mentholatum, and Vicks Vapor Rub; some intense honey notes. No acidity to balance its sweetness. Had it sans mulling spices.
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Intensely sweet, but not in an overpowering way, with a faint/subtle honey flavour. Had it well chilled (without the mulling spice) on a very warm afternoon and it was actually quite enjoyable.
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By itself, it was very one-dimensionally sweet and had a bit of a rubbing alcohol or paint thinner scent and taste (though perhaps I simply didn't drink it cold enough). I dropped a little more than a shot's worth in a pint of Guinness, though, and it was really quite good. I'll try my other bottle warm and mulled in the fall. I'm with the previous note, though - the best meads are made at home in small batches and aged enough to develop some character.
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I tried it first heated, with the spice, and found that a few sips sent me right to the sink to pour it out. After letting it chill, I had some the next day, and found it to be everything I remembered from having it ten or twelve years ago. It's very sweet, cloyingly so, and has that aftertaste of alcohol. Mead is meant to be a summer wine, and the very best ones seem to be made at home. Find a friend who makes mead.
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Cloyingly sweet and lacking any of the floral overtones I would expect. I'm hoping that sitting for a while will help moderate the dominant sweetness. I don't hate it but I'm struggling to think of when I'll drink my other bottle.
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This stuff can really jump around on you. The last time I had it, it was a sweet grape-wine like flavor with some vaporous notes of dry honey. This time, it is creamy, like a warm British ale. Really quite different. More a warming drink for a cold winter's day than the previous refreshing cool down in the hot summer.
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We had this with Asian Chicken dinner on 6/16/08. It had aromas and flavors of honey, orange and spice (nutmeg among them). It was not too sweet and had a delicious flavor.
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Wasn't sure how this was going to drink after a year but it surprised me. The honey was obviously still predominant but it wasn't as overly sweet as I remember. It drank quite nicely, both with food and alone after the meal.
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I've had a few of these previously, and none really impressed me; this one did. Don't know if it was cellaring it for a while (I hear you're not supposed to) or what, but this time, it blew me away. A beautiful golden color with a dry-ish honey aroma. A nice honey bite and a delicious flavor that completely envelops the mouth. Absolutely a blast to drink. The most fun a "wine" can be.
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I had it room temperature and later cold. A delicious dessert wine. Nose of powerful honey with a hint of lemongrass. Medium bodied. Flavor was honey, sweet but not overly so, with pear, and a cinnamon/spice flavor that was very muted when it was chilled. I wish had more than one more bottle of this. It reminds me of a Moscato that I had recently.
I did not add the spice pack.
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Strong alcohol taste at first, then pretty pleasant by the end; not sure whether it opened up due to decanting or deadened my palate. Have had meads I enjoy more (one from Westwood CA was the best), though this was very drinkable.
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Pretty much what I expected. A sweet, honey tasting, dessert type of wine. Not something to enjoy while relaxing but probably fun at parties. I actually used some to marinate some chicken and that wasn't bad.
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3/9/2016 - mordasm Likes this wine: 92 Points
I am unsure of the age but an educated guess is more than 7 years. Very pleasant, non-heavy or thick tasting, slightly sweet. Will buy again.
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12/2/2015 - J.Ciaccio wrote: 84 Points
Honey and plum to nose. Honey to taste. Makes sense because it's made from honey. Dessert wine, with a little alcohol to taste. Think honey, not Biffy.
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5/27/2015 - flutricity Does not like this wine:
sour. green apples.
0lovel deep pink color. rose/
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4/12/2014 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 83 Points
Light 24 karat gold sheen. Nose of honey and yellow plums. Initial palate of slightly bitter honey that is pleasant but nothing special. The real joy of this wine comes at the finish, where it transitions between honey and yellow plums and sweetened gooseberries and grapefruit and passion fruit. Finally, the bitter honey takes over once more and lingers quite a while.
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6/10/2013 - MindMuse wrote: 85 Points
I had a bit of sport by serving this blind at the end of a tasting to several wine friends. I had it brown bagged, but it is a 750 wine bottle, has a foil capsule and a cork, which I made sure people saw me extracting (you can disguise that it is synthetic) as I offered to buy dinner for anybody that could identify it. One gal did identify honey, but actually said it tasted like "honey bees". Not "honey", but "honey bees", which I thought was actually rather brilliant.
In fact it tastes good, with honey and over-ripe apple, hint of caramel and spice, just short on the acidity one would expect from a wine. Mine had been aging over 1.5 years, which probably does have some effect.
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7/28/2012 - Baron Slick wrote: 80 Points
Sweet and floral with pungent aromas of cat pee, mentholatum, and Vicks Vapor Rub; some intense honey notes. No acidity to balance its sweetness. Had it sans mulling spices.
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6/11/2012 - Drs. B wrote:
Intensely sweet, but not in an overpowering way, with a faint/subtle honey flavour. Had it well chilled (without the mulling spice) on a very warm afternoon and it was actually quite enjoyable.
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7/11/2010 - jsimmons wrote: 80 Points
By itself, it was very one-dimensionally sweet and had a bit of a rubbing alcohol or paint thinner scent and taste (though perhaps I simply didn't drink it cold enough). I dropped a little more than a shot's worth in a pint of Guinness, though, and it was really quite good. I'll try my other bottle warm and mulled in the fall. I'm with the previous note, though - the best meads are made at home in small batches and aged enough to develop some character.
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4/27/2009 - qwerty2 wrote: 76 Points
I tried it first heated, with the spice, and found that a few sips sent me right to the sink to pour it out. After letting it chill, I had some the next day, and found it to be everything I remembered from having it ten or twelve years ago. It's very sweet, cloyingly so, and has that aftertaste of alcohol. Mead is meant to be a summer wine, and the very best ones seem to be made at home. Find a friend who makes mead.
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3/9/2009 - RossR wrote: 80 Points
Cloyingly sweet and lacking any of the floral overtones I would expect. I'm hoping that sitting for a while will help moderate the dominant sweetness. I don't hate it but I'm struggling to think of when I'll drink my other bottle.
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8/18/2008 - houtx wrote: 85 Points
This stuff can really jump around on you. The last time I had it, it was a sweet grape-wine like flavor with some vaporous notes of dry honey. This time, it is creamy, like a warm British ale. Really quite different. More a warming drink for a cold winter's day than the previous refreshing cool down in the hot summer.
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8/12/2008 - thatguy314 wrote: 87 Points
Sweeter than I remember, still very nice.
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6/16/2008 - garambler wrote: 89 Points
We had this with Asian Chicken dinner on 6/16/08. It had aromas and flavors of honey, orange and spice (nutmeg among them). It was not too sweet and had a delicious flavor.
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6/10/2008 - javadrinker wrote: 87 Points
Wasn't sure how this was going to drink after a year but it surprised me. The honey was obviously still predominant but it wasn't as overly sweet as I remember. It drank quite nicely, both with food and alone after the meal.
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5/12/2008 - houtx wrote: 85 Points
I've had a few of these previously, and none really impressed me; this one did. Don't know if it was cellaring it for a while (I hear you're not supposed to) or what, but this time, it blew me away. A beautiful golden color with a dry-ish honey aroma. A nice honey bite and a delicious flavor that completely envelops the mouth. Absolutely a blast to drink. The most fun a "wine" can be.
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7/18/2007 - thatguy314 wrote: 87 Points
I had it room temperature and later cold. A delicious dessert wine. Nose of powerful honey with a hint of lemongrass. Medium bodied. Flavor was honey, sweet but not overly so, with pear, and a cinnamon/spice flavor that was very muted when it was chilled. I wish had more than one more bottle of this. It reminds me of a Moscato that I had recently.
I did not add the spice pack.
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6/22/2007 - DOH! wrote: 75 Points
Strong alcohol taste at first, then pretty pleasant by the end; not sure whether it opened up due to decanting or deadened my palate. Have had meads I enjoy more (one from Westwood CA was the best), though this was very drinkable.
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6/15/2007 - javadrinker wrote: 86 Points
Pretty much what I expected. A sweet, honey tasting, dessert type of wine. Not something to enjoy while relaxing but probably fun at parties. I actually used some to marinate some chicken and that wasn't bad.
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