Les Ruchers Chapellois - Joël Lafontaine Reviews

Enjoyit	2.7 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux Pale yellow of color. An aroma sweets, honey and weak hints of candy. A flavor of honey, sweets and weak candy. Wednesday, October 19, 2011
yngwie	2.5 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux Bottle, 75 cl, courtesy of fonefan. A dark golden, crystal clear mead, still. Cellar, honey and roses on the nose, not bad but not my favorite. Honey, roses, some cellar and a herbal touch in the flavor, alcohol warming. Sweet, medium body. Not bad in any way, not very good either. 110129 Sunday, May 15, 2011
chrisv10	2.2 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux Bottle @ FOneFan. Clear golden with no head. Flavour is sweet, honing and spices. Saturday, December 11, 2010
saxo	2.6 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux Bottle at fonefan tasting. No head. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are honey and alcohol. Saturday, December 11, 2010
Dedollewaitor	2 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux Bottle @ Friday Night Ulfborg Tasting Thing. Thanks to J&C. Pours clear golden - no head. Honey, alcohol and syrup. Sweet and cloying with a vague note of metal. Rough Tuesday, November 23, 2010
heavy	3.1 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Sec 2/10 From a sample fiulijn gave to Marko and he shared it, thanks both of them! It had dark reddish brown body with medium sized legs. Nice but weak honey aroma, similarly weak flavor. Definitely not too sweet, rather nice dryer honey and caramelly. Medium bodied with longer, very slightly warming finish. I would put their two meads I tried in the same quality category, medium, although I reckon I liked the sweeter version more. Wednesday, November 17, 2010
heavy	3.4 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux 1/10 A sample fiulijn gave to Marko and he shared it, thanks both of them! This mead had full golden body and showed very small legs. Honey aroma, quite nice, what I used to get on mead. Flowery honey flavor, not too sweet, balanced with some strange herbal bitterness that give an interesting character to it. Full oily body, long warming sweet finish. Nice enough. Sunday, November 14, 2010
fonefan	3.1 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux Bottle 750ml. clear glass. Clear medium yellow orange color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate honey, wood, spicy. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average to long duration, glue sharp honey. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20101016] Thursday, October 28, 2010
yespr	3.1 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Sec 75 cL bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is honey herbal and slight chemical. Dry phenolic and herbal honey. Dry herbal honey finish. Thursday, October 28, 2010
joergen	3.2 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Sec Bottle at Ungstrup. Clear amber coloured with a small white head. Sweet aroma of honey with notes of flowers and alcohol. Sweet flavour of honey with notes of flowers and alcohol. Sweet and warming alcoholic finish. Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Papsoe	3.3 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Sec Bottle 75 cl. Pours a clear amber. Some honey and wood in the nose. Medium body, dry, woody, somewhat oxidized, spicy with only a light trace of Honey. Pretty much like a dry Sherry actually. 261010 Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Papsoe	3.6 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of fiulijn. Pours a clear golden. Honey aroma, some caramel but also strange manure accents. Medium body, some caramel and very spicy honey. Dryish almost like white wine towards the finish. Sophisticated. 161010 Saturday, October 16, 2010
yespr	3.4 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux 75 cL bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours clear and golden yellow with no head. Aroma is sweet and honey herbal. Sweet, honey and slight floral. Ends sweet and honey herbal. Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Ungstrup	3.2 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux Bottled. A dark golden mead. The aroma has strong notes of spices and herbs on a honey back ground. The flavor is sweet with notes of honey, spices, and herbs, leading to a dry spicy finish. Thanks fiulijn for sharing. Monday, October 11, 2010
Ungstrup	3.3 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Sec Bottled. An amber mead. The aroma has notes of honey, flowers, and some spices. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of alcohol, and medium notes of carbondioxide, honey, and herbs, leading to a dry finish. Thanks fiulijn for sharing. Monday, October 11, 2010
Marko	2.9 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Sec Another one from fiulijn who decanted it for me (huge thanks!). Poured a coppery-bronze amber body, dark for a mead. Honey, yeast and maybe light alcohol in the nose. Dry, acidic(!) mead with some scant flowery honeyish notes. Caramel too. Eh, interesting but overfermented in my opinion. Drinkable though. Sunday, October 3, 2010
Marko	3.7 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux Another one from fiulijn who decanted it for me (huge thanks!). Shared with heavy and TimE. Poured a nice golden body, good legs. Lovely honeyish flowery nose, light oil. Sweet flowery honeyish taste ending slightly dry, very lightly acidic, maybe bitter and overall fresh (for a lack of a better descriptor). Quality stuff that we all liked. Friday, October 1, 2010
fiulijn	3.9 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Moelleux Bottle sent by L’Abeille d’Or Beautiful golden color. The aroma is deep, with honey and flowers (mountain flowers?). It’s sweet, but not syrupy, the body is quite lean for a Mead indeed; very good honey flavor, chestnut honey, with a warming alcohol note. The owner confirms that it’s a toutfleurs honey, not a specific flower. Not very complex, but elegant and extremely satisfying. Hydromel produced in Bretagne (probably by Lozachmeur) using honey from Lafontaine. Saturday, September 18, 2010
fiulijn	2.6 Les Ruchers Chapellois Hydromel Sec Bottle sent by L’Abeille d’Or Beautiful amber color. The aroma is mature, but there are also traces of wood, plastic and alcohol; very light Sherry too. The body is thinner than most French Meads; it’s quite dry, even if the mouthfeel is soft; the flavor is not impressive, instead there is an evident and pervasive oxidisation. The final is quite short, with some liquorice. Not very good. Hydromel produced in Bretagne (probably by Lozachmeur) using honey from Lafontaine. Saturday, September 18, 2010