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The Perfect Mead

Bacchvs Rosevs

There’s no single “perfect wine”—( maybe) A “perfect” wine often earns a 100-point score from critics, but what truly makes it perfect is how it captivates your senses and fits your taste and occasion. I have been tasting Grape wnes , fruit, wine, ciders and Meads since 1992.

I have enjoyed some amazing wines of the years and a few that well were not really up to par. Listed below are two wines that have recieved top score

Festina Lente Vinmum Regum Reserve

An Extraodinary mead, 3 months in first-run Kentucky Bourbon barrels. 100% honey as a fermentable sugar. Aged 1 year before release Lifespan: 50 years Closure: Nomacorc Envirocorc (compressed sugar cane). Its a sweeter wine busting with flavour with a lovely honey finish , phenomenal. 99

Nagging Doubt -2021 Sallow Road Vineyard off dry Siegerrebe -

This is an amazing wine. Not may people do a Siegerrebe. This one is perfection in a bottle. The wine is intensely aromatic – an extremely complex profile of flowers, lychee, tangerine, spice, and citrus can be detected. But that extra bit of sugar has allowed the wine to undergo a second fermentation in bottle, which means it has a sparkly effervescence. Note this wine was not subsequently filtered so will throw some sediment. Best Siegerrebe in years!! 98

You will notice the first one from Festina Lente. Its a Mead! Bill Townsley, co owner ( along with his wife Teresa) and mead maker. Have inded master the art of making Meads!

They presented me with a bottle of Bacchvs Rosevs (un released) that will absolutley dazzel your senses. It is a pyment style honey wine, blending honey with grapes creating very unique flavours. The wine off dry yet a gentle touch of honey foral notes. Is this the one that geta 100.
All I will say is I drank the whole bottle myself! Thank you Bill and Teresa.

Festina Lente Bacchus Roseus
Merlot Pyment

A unique combination of honey and grapes Presenting a history in a playful and subtle wine. Light and floral with red berry notes with balanced acidity and subtle tannin Rose style

The name Festina Lente—Latin for “Make Haste Slowly”—reflects their philosophy of thoughtful, deliberate craftsmanship in both winemaking and business

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