Black Agnes
(has 16 batches)
Schramm's Mead in Ferndale, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
8.56
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Our sweet black currant mead, Black Agnes, is named after one boisterous Scottish wench who successfully defended the Scottish Castle of Dunbar during a five-month siege by William Montague, the Earl of Salisbury. While relatively unknown in the United States, black currants have been grown in the British Isles for more than five hundred years, and used by herbalists since the Middle Ages. Sharply tart and acidic, the potent flavors of the fruit are perfectly balanced by the sweetness of premium honey to create a particularly unique, memorable and delicious mead.
Batch # - Release Date
#01- 03-08-2014
#02 - 08-02-2014
#03 - 04-15-2015
#04 - 01-30-2016
#05 - 06-01-2016
#06 - 08-06-2016
#07 - 07-26-2017
#08 - 10-21-2017
#09 - 01-17-2019
#10 - 10-31-2019
Batch # - Release Date
#01- 03-08-2014
#02 - 08-02-2014
#03 - 04-15-2015
#04 - 01-30-2016
#05 - 06-01-2016
#06 - 08-06-2016
#07 - 07-26-2017
#08 - 10-21-2017
#09 - 01-17-2019
#10 - 10-31-2019
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7.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Clear bottle, 375 ml, batch #03, savoured on May 26 2017; eye: burgundy with a blood hue, semi-opaque; nose: honey, fruity, black currant, slight alcohol rich; mouth: honey, fruity, black currant, slight alcohol, rich, intense, finale in black currant with light presence of honey, medium body, below-average carbonation, rather sweet, syrupy texture; overall: quite good
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille transparente, 375 ml, lot #03, savourée le 26 mai 2017; œil : bourgogne avec une teinte sang, semi-opaque; nez : miel, fruité, cassis, très léger alcool, riche; bouche : miel, fruité, cassis, très léger alcool, riche, intense, finale en cassis avec légère présence de miel, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, plutôt sucrée, texture sirupeuse; en résumé : très bon
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille transparente, 375 ml, lot #03, savourée le 26 mai 2017; œil : bourgogne avec une teinte sang, semi-opaque; nez : miel, fruité, cassis, très léger alcool, riche; bouche : miel, fruité, cassis, très léger alcool, riche, intense, finale en cassis avec légère présence de miel, corps moyen, carbonatation sous la moyenne, plutôt sucrée, texture sirupeuse; en résumé : très bon
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2018
at 20:49
9.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
This Mead is a dark ruby-purple color with a minimal head and sticky legs on the glass. The aroma consists of black currant, cherry and honey. Full-bodied with flavors of tart black currant, floral honey and black cherry. The finish is sweet-tart with a lingering black currant aftertaste. Excellent overall.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2017
at 14:37
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Oxford tastings, corked bottle; 11% ABV
Dark ruby color. Very deep aroma of currants, vanilla cake, green leaves; later, it shows aroma of German waldhonig mead; this is wonderful. Full bodied, silky, luscious; pure currant syrup flavor, pungent tartness, strong tannins, hint of vanilla.
Not a mead at all, but a wonderful fruit wine.
Dark ruby color. Very deep aroma of currants, vanilla cake, green leaves; later, it shows aroma of German waldhonig mead; this is wonderful. Full bodied, silky, luscious; pure currant syrup flavor, pungent tartness, strong tannins, hint of vanilla.
Not a mead at all, but a wonderful fruit wine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2017
at 00:58
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
375ml bottle (thx, Kory V.!!!) shared at Alex's. Pours a dark violet with no head. Aroma is sour black currant. Taste is extremly sweet with some nohey notes. Whoa, this one is incredible!!! Like drinking black currant jam in a liquid view.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2017
at 00:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purple. Ok, smells like black currant, Tastes like blackcurrant. Sweet, syrupy. So a blackcurrant dessert wine (literally, Elephant Island Black Currant Wine), or a kir. I really do not get any honey character. It's tasty, because the fruit character is bright and expressive, backed by a really rich, happy sweetness with what, a clover honey sweetness(?) and even a touch of tannins in the finish. Hesitate to legitimize this as a mead, though, because it's not, and it's going to have to lose points for that. LOL expensive, so much base honey, residual honey and massive fruit.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2017
at 00:55
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
375mL bottle, pours a deep dark burgundy. Aroma is incredibly decadent, with heaps of pithy black currant, followed by lightly sweet honey - oh man, the fruit is impeccably deep and penetrating. Flavour is very sweet, with a wonderful honey sweetness and immensely potent black currants. Sweet, but not cloying, penetrating the taste buds to a perfect degree. Elegant and impeccably crafted. Wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2017
at 00:52
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tasting @ Tim's. Pours dark red, thick and with high viscosity. Nose has beewax, lots of black currants, booze but also some vinous wine character and tannins. Taste surprises me with strong black currant character, tannines, fresh berries. Warming and has sweetness but not too much of it there. Beewax and light honey. This is a sipper, warming you from inside.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2017
at 19:31