West Country Mead
Lyme Bay Winery in Axminster, Devon, England 🏴
Mead Regular|
Score
6.70
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A delicious honey based wine with a sweet spicy overtone. Slightly drier than Traditional Mead.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear amber coloured body.
Honey aroma.
Honey, sweet berry, cranberry & herbal tastes.
Nice.
Honey aroma.
Honey, sweet berry, cranberry & herbal tastes.
Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2025
at 20:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle from Downtown Garden Centre, Grantham. Golden amber colour, short-lived bubbly head and aroma of honey, herby, heather, spiced. Taste is sweet, honey with herbal notes, and earthy, spices, boozy. Syrupy mouthfeel, medium bodied, low carbonation, drying astringent boozy finish. Quite sippable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2020
at 21:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at the Watford tasting thanks to Sarah & Fergus. It pours clear rich gold with a few bubbles on the cap. The aroma is sweet, fresh, honey, fruit pie & ice-cream, nectarine and pear tart tatin. The taste is bitter - sweet, juicy, honey action, toffee, oily, fruit pie, nectarine, candy and some warming alcohol. The finish is deceptively smooth. Medium body, light carbonation and slick, oily mouth-feel. Drinks pretty easy. Rather decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2016
at 08:43
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at the Watford Tasting / BBQ. A viscous golden orange coloured pour. Aroma is earthy honey, jarred honey, some spicy alcohol, brambles, caramel. Flavour is composed of sweet earthy honey, warming alcohol, sugary. Pronounced honey character. Palate is very sweet sugary, lowish carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2016
at 15:41
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle courtesy of my ex-wife. Dark gold, clear. Gluey aroma with some honey and caramel. Lovely sweet and spicy taste. Weakish body but nice spicy sour finish. Better than I thought it would be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2016
at 14:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sample at Ealing. Dark yellow colour. Heavy honey aroma. Moderate sweet nice powerfull honey flavor. Average finish. Creamy palate. Nice mead.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2013
at 14:12
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
375ml bottle. Pours a flat gold with no head. Aroma is honey, spice and white wine-esque alcohol notes. Taste is sweet honey to start. Honey and white wine in the finish. A bit sticky and spicy. Warming alcohol in the aftertaste. Not a fan of the white wine similarities.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2011
at 14:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bag in a box at Reading BF 2011. Clear gold no head. Nougat and hazelnuts. Love that sweet flavour some floweryness. Almost freshly pollenated flowers. Lovely. Really good fresh flowers. So gorgeous light agile. Really delicious.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2011
at 11:10
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Golden with no head. Aroma of bees wax, honey and spice like anise. Sweet honey and spice flavour
Tried
on 01 Dec 2010
at 14:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Courtesy of the Danish crew
Blond color. The aroma is quite pungent; there is honey, very floral, lightly soapy, and with plastic too. Sweet honey flavor, even if the body is quite lean, with a citrus acidity that balances the sweetness well; the alcohol warmth is clearly perceived (maybe too much); the final is citrusy and a bit dry. Good but not complex.
Blond color. The aroma is quite pungent; there is honey, very floral, lightly soapy, and with plastic too. Sweet honey flavor, even if the body is quite lean, with a citrus acidity that balances the sweetness well; the alcohol warmth is clearly perceived (maybe too much); the final is citrusy and a bit dry. Good but not complex.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2010
at 09:46