Redstone Traditional Mountain Honey Wine

Honey. Clear. Mead as mead is. How many descriptives are there for a mead? It has honey; it was made with yeast.

Backroom sample from the bottle at Whole Foods Charlottesville. Pours a clear amber color. Aroma is sweet honey with a faint but of spice. Taste is overly sweet and closer to apple cider than mead. Very light notes of honey, spice and a fair bit of alcohol. Medium bodied.

(Sample Date: 3/13/2009 Source:other) Honey and cider in the nose with a hint of woodiness. Crystal clear light straw color. Slightly spicy honey with faint cider notes. Sweet finish.

Bottle. Pale golden body. Aroma is lite medicinal and honey. Flavor is lite honey with some floral notes. Better at room temperature than cold.

A nice mead with a vanilla and honey aroma. Taste is honey,flowers and alcohol with a warm finish.

Bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Short Pump, VA on 03/27/2009. Production date: March 14, 2007. Very clear golden yellow body with thin legs that quickly slide down the glass. Big vanilla aroma with light orange blossom and fruity notes. Sweet vanilla flavor, some orange blossom, and a touch of alcohol. Medium body, not thick at all, with no carbonation and a smooth slightly syrupy finish.

Clear pale yellow, medicinal aroma, menthol flavor, mint, honey and light apple. I’ve had this in the frige for weeks and have been slowly enjoying it. Probably won’t buy it again because of the price and the strong medicinal menthol phenols, but th ebottle is awesome and will be host to many of my own mead / homebrew ventures

Eh, I expected more from mead. This instead taste like a chardonnay with a little honey aftertaste. Not worth the price. I guess if you want good mead, you have to pay more for it. I would prefer Barenjager honey liquor. That’s a mouthful of honey and it’ll mess you up.