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Meadow Vista
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Meadow Vista
Pictish Beast Braggot Mead

Pair this wine with:
Beef Chicken Fish

Category: Specialty Mead

Date Tasted:
Country: Canada
Alcohol: 10% RS: 0.10%
87 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$7
Best Buy

Meadow Vista
Pictish Beast Braggot Mead

Pair this wine with:
Beef Chicken Fish

Category: Specialty Mead

Date Tasted:
Country: Canada
Alcohol: 10% RS: 0.10%
Silvery emerald straw color. Aromas and flavors of dried sweet grass and cannabis, wheatgrass, lemon grass, orange peel, ramps, pine resin, and green strawberries with a medium body and a medium finish evoking notes of dried sage, sweet bamboo shoots, and water chestnuts. A fizzy, fun, sweet and herbal mead.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: dried sweet grass and cannabis, wheatgrass, lemon grass, orange peel, ramps, pine resin, and green strawberries
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with notes of dried sage, sweet bamboo shoots, and water chestnuts
Sweetness Sweetness: Dryish
Enjoy Enjoy: on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Poached Fish, Thai Green Curry, Short Ribs
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A fizzy, fun, sweet and herbal mead.
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The Producer

Meadow Vista Honey Wines

The Producer
3975 June Springs Rd
SE Kelowna, BC V1Z 4B9
Canada
1 250-862-2337
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Their Portfolio

86 • Meadow Vista Cloud Horse Mead 12% (Canada) $16.00.
92 • Meadow Vista Ostara Dessert Mead 11.1% (Canada) $22.00.
87 • Meadow Vista Bliss Sparkling Apple Cyser Mead 12% (Canada) $11.00.
87 • Meadow Vista Pictish Beast Braggot Mead 10% (Canada) $7.00.
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Meadow Vista Pictish Beast Braggot Mead rating was calculated by to be 87 points out of 100 on 7/12/2022. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.