Wild Red Mead – Merlot Barrel Aged (12% ABV) is the first in our wine barrel-aged meads, a gorgeous 3 year-old berry mead fermented dry and silky smooth and matured for the last 12 months in French Merlot wine barrels to add intriguing structure and depth. An exceptional, unique mead, a lively, attractive drink with a decadent richness. As seen on celebrity chef, John Torode’s Ireland on the Food Network.

Enticing and warm, juicy with bright red and black fruit flavours from the Wexford blackcurrants and dark, sweet cherries, well balanced with caramel from the Bordeaux oak barrels. Delicious served at room temperature on its own and wonderful with fine food.

This mead shines with food such as steak or stir fry beef, roast rack of lamb and rosemary or mushroom pâté on thin cut toast or chipolatas.

Store the bottles similar to wine, upright in a cool place away from direct sunlight and they should keep for at least two years.

Once opened, store the bottles upright in the fridge. If you a vacuum pump with wine bottle closures that pump out the oxygen, all the better. After that the flavour starts to change a little as the air gets to it. Good to drink still or use in cocktails or cooking.

The Merlot Barrel Aged Mead keeps up to 4 weeks if there’s any left by then.

All bottles hand numbered and signed. Naturally Gluten Free.

70cl Bottles