Tag: jackson
Miel Amour
by Paul Arthur on Jan.19, 2010, under dessert wine, mead, melomel, wine
Background: Spiced pear melomel from Sandhill Crane Vineyards in the lovely prison town of Jackson. If you’re wondering, melomel is a category of mead made with fruit, but that fruit is not grapes (which would be a pyment) or apples (cyser). Ah, the wild and wacky world of mead categories. This particular mead is made with local honey, locally grown pears, and some cinnamon (spiced meads are also called metheglins).
Nose: Lovely aroma of honey and cinnamon. Very fruity, with lightly floral influences.
Taste: Smooth and spicy. Hard to pick out any specifically pear influence, especially with the high amount of residual sugar. But there’s soft fruit there, along with musky honey, citrus, and some cinnamon.
Overall: Very nice, but unless you fancy going into a sugar coma this is best enjoyed in small amounts.
