Black Harbor
White Winter Winery in Iron River, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Mead - Melomel Regular|
Score
7.28
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Drake (22934) reviewed Black Harbor from White Winter Winery 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle 1/9/22, from Woodman’s Eau Claire. Been looking for this for years so grabbed it despite the $33 price tag. Shared this at a tasting earlier and everyone was impressed, and so its nice there’s a good bit left over. Clear deep ruby red, extremely strong legs. Aroma of strong currant, grape, honey, even some oak, though I don’t think this is oak aged. Taste is sweet honey, vanilla, currant, Concord grape, raisin, booze. Full bodied and warming but very drinkable for the ABV. This is very nice.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Black Harbor from White Winter Winery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the bottle at Winter Dabbler. Pours a clear deep amber red with a bubbly head that dissipates completely. Aroma has lots of dark fruits, touch of dry honey and a decent amount of booze. Flavor is intense with syrupy dark fruits, honey and a decent amount of booze.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Black Harbor from White Winter Winery 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
October ‘09 O-Town Throwdown, courtesy of hopscotch. Pours reddish. Aroma of honey, astringent is very forward, lots of currants. Flavor, brandy barrel, black currants adding a pronounced astringent mouthfeel.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Black Harbor from White Winter Winery 16 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Rating number 2400 (and number 100 on the Outciders list) if I can figure out how to open the wax on this bad boy! Huge thanks to tytoanderso for this gem and some of the other white winters! Pours thick, like a port, but a darker and slight brown tinge to the otherwise red hue. The alcohol legs on this thing are monstrous! Huge and thick, stuck on as if by glue. Tons of alcohol on the aroma, but a not nasal burningly so. Currant berries that are a bit bitter, honey, vanilla, wood tannins, a bit of butteryness, raspberry, grappa. Taste is thick and soothing with a lot of berry, oxidized brown sugar, vanilla, wood, port and a decent amount of burn to remind you of the 21% ABV. Long, long, long duration that keeps evolving, with the currants and oak tannins taking a strangle hold on the honey wine. Now I am ready for another sip, yes, alcohol, and then rich jam and Madeira notes, brown sugar and vanilla oak, but still surprisingly low residual sweetness; not even remotely close to being cloying (like many detractors of Jadwiga can claim). Definitely thick and supremely alcohol, but not as viscous as one would expect on a mead of this alcohol (grain spirits are added which may cut this quite a bit). Deccadent, and pretty good. This stuff will get make one merrily smashed. Love it!
JK (8181) reviewed Black Harbor from White Winter Winery 18 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Thanks to Skyview for sharing. This is a red mead. It has lots of fruit character from the currants as well as from the oak, with grape, currant, and raspberry. It has a thick and heavy body, and is on the sweet side, comparable to a port. The ceramic jar is a nice touch as well, but probably an unnecessary expense.