7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a fully gone head. Aroma is mild wooden and floral. Sweet, fruity and honey flavoured. Mild dryness from back of the tongue. Mild phenlic into a fruity dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2010
at 07:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
50 cL bottle. Pours clear golden orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is floral and fruity, slight chemical. Sweet sugarish flavoured. Sweet and floral into a lasting and tasty finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2010
at 07:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a clear yellow. Aroma is subdued clean honey with a discreetly herbal touch. Medium body, honey sweetness yet with a slight tartness. Hot alcohol finish. Fairly straight, no frills. 100810
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2010
at 06:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a clear golden. Lightly spicy and herbal aroma. Medium body, sweet honey notes - not overly sweet though, there’s a light lingering tartness. Ends with a slight astringency vis-à-vis the herbal and discreetly sweet honey. 100810
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2010
at 06:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a clear, warm golden. Very spicy aroma, very flowery and pollen-like, but also herbal - thyme and oregano. Rich body, thick and syrupy honey, the spices are less prominent on the palate. Ends with a very warming alcohol. Interesting indeed. 100810
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2010
at 06:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle 75 cl. Pours a clear warm golden. Intense honey aroma, slightly spicy. Solid body, sweet honey, some marzipan and spices. There’s a vague underlying almost vinous touch. Warming but not overpowering alcohol in the finish. 010810
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2010
at 08:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
2024-04-24, as Cuvée Gauloise, from Le Comptoir du Terroir (Paris), 7-4-8-4-15=38
Dark amber colour, unclear. The aroma is definitively oxidized, maybe more than the equally old demi-sec, with notes of wax, fruits, soil. Sweet, bold, but not sticky; fermented honey, chestnut honey, caramelized sugars; pleasant alcohol; mild signs of oxidation.
Very good.
2010-07-31, bottle, as Cuvée de l'Olympe, 7-4-7-3-15=36
Golden-yellow color, the darker among the three Cuvées (with Médievale and Celte). Honey aroma, more intense than in the Cuvée Celte, with a earthy touch too, moss. Very sweet mead, clearly more than the other two Cuvée; the honey flavor is a bit more complex; there is an accent of fresh wood and pine honey, lightly spicy too; with this sweet body, the alcohol complements better than in the others; and this one as well has a light acidity. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2010
at 01:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
2024-04-24, synthetic corked bottle, bought 14 years ago at Le Comptoir du Terroir (Paris), 7-5-7-3-14=36
Bright gold/copper colour. Aroma of malt, wood, mild oxidation, alcohol. It's off-dry, with old honey flavour, wood, moderate oxidation, more evident in the finish, and warm alcohol. Too old, but interesting, some Sherry-like qualities.
2010-07-31, bottle, 7-3-7-3-14=34
Yellow color. Nice aroma of acacia honey, mild. Sweet mead, with a good honey flavor, mature, round. The final shows a bit of alcohol and a light complementary sourness. Pleasant, without excitement.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2010
at 01:43
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Yellow color, paler than the other two Cuvées (Celte and Olympe). Light honey aroma, but also some chemicals, phenol (very light). Semi-sweet mead, with simple flavor, some honey flavor, very light vinous sourness, and the final has some bitterness. Ordinary mead.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2010
at 01:42