Apis Jadwiga Honey Mead (50cl, 16%)

Apis Jadwiga Honey Mead is a Polish Półtorak-style mead bottled at 16% ABV in a 500ml ceramic bottle. It is fermented from one part honey to half a part water and matures for several years until full clarity is achieved. Spółdzielnia Pszczelarska Apis operates in Lublin, eastern Poland. The base ferment is enhanced with raspberry, chokeberry and dog-rose. The ceramic bottle shields the mead from light degradation during storage. The nose shows raspberry, dark chokeberry, floral honey and wild rose, with a faint herbal quality. The palate is rich and honeyed, almost syrupy, with raspberry acidity and tart chokeberry. The finish is long and gently warming, with berry fruit, honey sweetness and a mild tannic dryness from chokeberry and dog-rose.