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Chaucer’s
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Chaucer’s
Sparkling Mead

Pair this wine with:
Beef Chicken Fish

Category: Specialty Mead

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 6.7%
Organic Honey
90 Points
Exceptional
$5
Best Buy
2021 Best Value Mead

Chaucer’s
Sparkling Mead

Pair this wine with:
Beef Chicken Fish

Category: Specialty Mead

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 6.7%
Bright golden yellow color. Aromas of honeycomb, kumquat, wildflowers, lavender fields, jasmine green tea, and lemongrass with a vibrant, fruity light-to-medium body and a smooth, elegant, long tropical fruit, spiced orange tea, and bay leaf finish. A fruity, joyous sparkling mead with complex notes of flowers, citrus and spices.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Fruity, Juicy & Smooth & Non-Oaky
Aroma Aroma: honeycomb, kumquat, wildflowers, lavender fields, jasmine green tea, and lemongrass
Taste Flavor: tropical fruit, spiced orange tea, and bay leaf
Sweetness Sweetness: Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Poached Fish, Thai Green Curry, Short Ribs
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A fruity, joyous sparkling mead with complex notes of flowers, citrus and spices.
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The Producer

Bargetto Winery

The Producer
3535 N Main St
Soquel, CA 95073
USA
1 831-475-2258
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Specialty Mead

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About
Specialty Mead
The specialty mead category is a catch-all for and array of historical and innovative mead styles, including hopped mead, barrel-aged mead, rhodomel (mead with rose added), coffeamel (mead with coffee added), hippocras (mead with wine, brandy, and cinnamon added), capsicumel (mead with chili peppers added), and Viking Blood (mead with cherries added).

Chaucer’s Sparkling Mead rating was calculated by to be 90 points out of 100 on 6/11/2021. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.