2004 bottle from the brewery, drunk 11/28/15.
Clear, soft-apricot-lemon colored body has a fair amount of sediment on the bottom, but it is all left behind.
As with many of my old bottles, I’m incredibly regretful of keeping them so long. Was just so irrationally obsessed with aging things but, while a mead can certainly handle some age, fruit can not and it’s utterly stupid to age this thing as long as I did. Thus, there is very little left of the fruit, at this point it’s just soft esters, with some apricot maybe being noticeable? Doubtful though and no way you’d pick it out blind. In its place, a very soft honey character, with light white bread and some peppery phenols. Minor oxidation, no flaws and no alcohol.
Again in the flavor, the fruit has all but vanished. It does seem like you get some raspberry and apricot acidity, and maybe some dry, blueberry skin-like character, but again, I’m confident you wouldn’t pick up on this blind. Honey is lightly sweet, with a riesling/gruner character, light vanilla and very, very low carbonation. Still, as it warms and breathes (and sits out over night) it shows a perfectly capable mead whose only flaw is that it was aged 11 years. Very much keeping that in mind with my scoring.

375 ml bottle thanks at Clark VV. 2004 vintage. Clear gold color. Aroma is homey and rotten apricots, maybe a hint of a berry.

Flavor has lost something over time. The Apple is here but faded, I don’t get Berry or other fruit. Just old honey, traces its of oxidation. Still somewhat drinkable.

Poured from bottle thanks ClarkVV 2004 vintage. Golden color with aroma of cinnamon and apples. Taste is faded apples and bitter honey. I am sure this was good years ago.

This is a 2004 vintage from Clark!!!! Thanks man for sharing. This is a golden color...obviously still. The smell is baked apples and cinnamon. This smells stupid good. I’d say the apricot dominates of the listed fruit. There’s a lot of basement mold taste to this, the apple is faded to a very bitter honey. I get a faint blueberry apricot and a little bit of banana. Unique, thin, low-sweetness. I like it.