RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Leccelto Idromele Ambra from Melauro 5 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
[2004 Vintage] Pours clear blonde. Strong boozy honey and a lot of floral notes on the nose. Flavour has lots of floral notes, oxidized honey. Very tart and dry, especially on the finish. Not a very good mead.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Leccelto Idromele Oro from Melauro 5 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle pour. Pours clear blonde. Lots of boozy honey on the nose. Flavour has a very thin profile with strained honey and old flowers. Not very good, very weak profile for a mead.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Leccelto Idromele Ambra from Melauro 7 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 4
Vintage 2004. Bottle, pours a clear golden. Aroma is quite floral, with some oxidation, fermented out honey, and gentle sweetness. Flavour is tart, dry, and boozy, with plenty of acetone, oxidation, and fermented out honey. This isn’t good.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Leccelto Idromele Oro from Melauro 7 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
Vintage 2001. Bottle, pours a clear blonde. Aroma brings out light wildflower notes, light booze, and some fermented out honey. Flavour is tart and dry, with fermented out honey, some wildflower honey, and booze. Is this too old – and therefore dry and sour – or was this never great?
pictoman (9684) reviewed Leccelto Idromele Oro from Melauro 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Leftover pour from the fiulijnator cellar (vintage 2001 - thanks fiulijn - side by side with Idromele Ambra). Clear pale blonde with no head. Floral honey, short linger, a touch watery on the taste. Prefer this over the Ambra.
pictoman (9684) reviewed Leccelto Idromele Ambra from Melauro 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Leftover pour from the fiulijnator cellar (vintage 2004 - thanks fiulijn - side by side with Idromele Oro). Clear gold with no head. Floral honey, but quite flat, dissipating very quickly, a touch of booze in there. Average.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Leccelto Idromele Oro from Melauro 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
2001, courtesy of fiulijn. Cloudy gold. Aroma is honeyed walnuts, barrel and alcohol. Body is sweet-tart, so it is fairly lively but misses the richness of a younger mead. Subtle floral notes.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Leccelto Idromele Ambra from Melauro 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cloudy amber. Aroma has warn honey but is also slightly hot and slightly phenolic. Sweet up front but a touch of tartness as well makes for a rustic, muddled mead.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Leccelto Idromele Ambra from Melauro 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Corked bottle, from the producer; vintage 2004, 9 years old
The bottle has a small deposit; it pours a hazy dull amber color. Strong aroma of wildflower honey with some oxidization, light Alpine flowers. The mouthfeel is quite lean, it’s semi-dry, it has some honey flavor, some oxidization, and a higher alcohol content apparently. I feel some liquorice in the end.
Rough.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Leccelto Idromele Oro from Melauro 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Corked bottle, from the producer; vintage 2001, 12 years old
The bottle has a small deposit; it pours a hazy yellow color. Tasted side to side with the Ambra, this one is similar but more delicate, with less oxidisation, less honey, less alcohol.
Not complicated.