Blue Borage Mead 2017Blue Borage Mead 2017 Limited Reserve Aged in Oak 5 Years A dessert style mead of delicious mellow sweetness. Accompanied well with dark chocolate, almonds, dried figs, blue vein cheese, Havarti, brie or camembert with peppered crackers and quince paste. The honey for this mead was harvested from the Clarence Valley on the 20th March 2017. The season started with an abundance of green growth in the valley with large swathes of Blue Borage plants
Alpenblend is a reference to ‘alpenglow’ the morning and evening light on the high mountains
5% by pollen analysis
This ensured that the honey essences of the season would be captured immediately
Blue Borage Mead 2017 Limited Reserve Aged in Oak 5 Years
Manuka and Honey Dew to produce a strongly flavoured must in January 2016
The mead in this bottle is totally unique and is a one off
The power of the 2 minute earthquake is contained in this mead and has become part of its flavour profile and production notes
Since this contained honey from both sides of the Seaward Kaikoura Mountain Ranges and blended by the bees
Lees stirring is a legitimate winemaking technique to enhance flavour and richness
brie or camembert with peppered crackers and quince paste
It is the result of the 7
subtle beeswax