Sweet Mead
White Winter Winery in Iron River, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Mead Regular|
Score
6.60
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Drake (22934) reviewed Sweet Mead from White Winter Winery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottled sample at the winery, 1/3/20. Clear pale gold. Aroma of sweet honey, citrus, apple. Taste is sweet honey, citrus, vanilla.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Sweet Mead from White Winter Winery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Sampled from the bottle at Winter Dabbler. Pours a clear water like substance with a slight yellow hue and no head. Flavor has tons of sweet honey with a slight flora note. Flavor has tons of sweet honey as well with a light floral note and a touch of dryness in the finish.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Sweet Mead from White Winter Winery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750mL bottle shared by Muzzlehatch on 8/27/06, unsure the date.
Very clear, very pale, watery-looking mead with only light rose and unripened peachskin tones. Flimsy legs, some bubbles on the edges, but otherwise very still, of course.
Medicinal phenols in the nose are foremost, the usual honey-fermentation biproducts. But this one has a very deep herbal dryness. Dill, Italian parsley, and a strong sense of dusty, old ivory. Smelling this makes me think of old brick mansions with lots of ivy on them....Moderate fruitiness, a combination of melonskin and light lemon juice? It effectively cuts the grassy/herbal nature and leads to a slightly sweeter ending, but with still a hard edge to it. White grape-like notes in there as well. Alcohol is incredibly concealed.
Flavor is like a succulent whitefish dish with parsely and lemon (only no fish in this one). But a similar texture. Slippery, light, it falls apart in the mouth, with a seemingly high amount of water. That’s my biggest complaint and while I know everyone else loved this one, it just seemed to be a bit too lacking in the overall flavor strength. Certainly for a sweet mead, though, it’s dry, without the syrupiness, so that’s a nice touch. I guess you can’t have your cake and eat it too. Light flower petals, minerals and yeast bi-product paperiness on the finish. Growing slightly sour as it warms, but with still some sugar left. Interesting, but appreciating this makes appreciating Cantillon look easy. Alcohol, aside from just a minor sharpness and grapiness, is well-concealed in flavor.
JK (8181) reviewed Sweet Mead from White Winter Winery 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Light gold color. Aroma of honey. Taste is very sweet with sugar and fruit. Hard to drink more than a few sips, but I did like the taste.