Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Vikingernes Mjød from Dansk Mjød 21 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
A brownish mead with no head. The aroma is very sweet with notes of honey and rosehips. The flavor is very sweet completely dominated by honey but with the alcohol setting in from the middle to the end - in the beginning just as the tast of alcohol, but then turning in to a warming feeling on the tongue to end almost like a burn on the tongue - very nice and it gives a lot of warmth on a cold summers night. The flavor also contains notes of flowers and rosehips. A great mead.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Gl. Dansk Mjød from Dansk Mjød 23 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
2005-05-21, 6-4-8-4-14=36
Golden color. Mellow aroma, with some alcohol. Very good taste, sweet, warming, long.
2003-02-10, 5-4-6-4-13=32
It’s my first Mjød, and it will not be easy to adapt my beer criteria...
Clean, deep yellow color, like the sun ->4
Mellow aroma, very light fruity and Madeira wine, but with something chemical; then this aroma turns out to be similar to heather and other herbs; probably it has lost some freshness, as the bottle has been opened some time ago... The aroma is deep but not fully convincing ->5
Syrupy alcohol, could be pleasant for a lover of sweet wines like me (Sauternes, Picolit, Vendanges tardives...), but still this chemical character... Anyway, it’s not only sweet, it’s a bit compensated by some acidity and bittered by the herbs; it would be better if fruitier ->6
Interesting final, mixing the sweetness with the heather ->4