Fanal Free Jazz Rum BA - Vanilla Edition
Marlobobo in Sande, Vestfold, Norway 🇳🇴
Mead - Melomel Regular|
Score
8.03
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Spontaneously fermented cherry mead aged in an old Plantation rum barrel for 12 months.
VANILLA EDITION:
*One Ugandan vanilla bean added to each magnum bottle*
- 12 bottles made -
The mead is made without any added water or yeast. It’s solely fermented from the yeast and bacteria naturally present on the cherries. The cherries had 14 days of skin contact, before only free-run juice was collected.
The barrel-aging brings tropical notes of coconut, vanilla and caramel, together with a velvety, soft mouthfeel, to the dense, but bright and tart cherry mead.
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Barrel origin:
Plantation rum from Barbados
Honey variety:
Late-harvested wildflower honey that was exceptionally dark, caramelly and complex.
Cherry variety:
Fanal
*The vintage year refers to the harvest year of the ingredients*
VANILLA EDITION:
*One Ugandan vanilla bean added to each magnum bottle*
- 12 bottles made -
The mead is made without any added water or yeast. It’s solely fermented from the yeast and bacteria naturally present on the cherries. The cherries had 14 days of skin contact, before only free-run juice was collected.
The barrel-aging brings tropical notes of coconut, vanilla and caramel, together with a velvety, soft mouthfeel, to the dense, but bright and tart cherry mead.
------------------------- 2023 --------------------------
Barrel origin:
Plantation rum from Barbados
Honey variety:
Late-harvested wildflower honey that was exceptionally dark, caramelly and complex.
Cherry variety:
Fanal
*The vintage year refers to the harvest year of the ingredients*
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at MBCC2025 Yellow session, Copenhagen. Aromas and flavours: Vanilla, berries, sweetness...
Tried
on 08 May 2026
at 17:56
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Очередной отличный мид от Марлобобо, и первый на фесте что я попробовал. Бочка есть, ягоды, а вот меда немного больше хотелось.
Tried
on 28 May 2025
at 21:08
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle pour at MBCC 2025 (Yellow session), pours a deep dark brown, no head. Nose has remarkably complex vanilla beans, deep dark berries, rich honey nectar, and a hint of the rum. Flavour is super rich, with intense vanilla beans, rum, deep honey, and dark reich berries. Incredible complexity and depth. Beauty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2025
at 20:07
9/10
Intense berry concentrate with some rum, vanilla and honey.
Tried
on 23 May 2025
at 10:35
8/10
MBCC 2025. Session #1
Nice, but less sophisticated than others.
8☆4☆8☆5☆15》40
Nice, but less sophisticated than others.
8☆4☆8☆5☆15》40
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2025
at 10:22
9/10
Tried
on 23 May 2025
at 10:14
8.6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2025
at 09:56
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle pour at MBCC 2025, yellow session. Pours opaque purple. Floral nose, lots of rum and vanilla. Flavour has deep berries, vanilla, spiced rum. Incredible.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2025
at 03:00