Kinsale Mead Co., Atlantic Dry Mead - Sauternes Barrel Aged Organic

Kinsale Mead Co., Atlantic Dry Mead - Sauternes Barrel Aged OrganicThe Kinsale Mead Company have recently revived the ancient art of mead making with flair and finesse in equal measure. To build on the success of their established favouritesAtlantic Dry and Wild RedKate and Denis Dempsey have begun to add a new dimension with the use of wine and port barrels for finishing their fine meads. Based on the Atlantic Dry recipe, the Sauternes Barrel Aged edition is a three year old traditional mead made from orange blossom

911 bottles of this multi-vintage Champagne

with full body that develops into the mid-palate

Oak use is reduced to a bare minimum

somewhat nervous personality

briary cedar and light estuarine/seaweed aromas that are very well defined

thanks to better than expected acidity

giving it independence

gamy flavours—not necessarily those of game

its lusciousness is balanced by clean

seamless finish is a thing of beauty

mineral Muscadet from old vine fruit:

In the saignée method