Organic Red Roots Mead

Still mead made from organic honey and chokeberry juice – 12% vol.

The drink of the gods returns to the table: sweetness of honey and dark fruits, with a dry and vibrant finish.

The Red Mead Roots of Opificio13

Radici is a still mead born from the union of two pure ingredients: organic honey and the juice of the aronia berry, the dark, velvety berry known as "black rowan." Fermentation transforms the honey's sugars into an elegant and structured honey wine, while the aronia imparts a deep ruby ​​color, silky tannins, and a hint of ripe berries that balances the floral sweetness. The name is no coincidence: Radici is a return to the origins of fermented beverages, humanity's oldest drink, brought back to the present day by Opificio13 with a dry, gastronomic, and surprisingly versatile interpretation.
 
 
 

The roots of this mead lie in the oldest drink in the world

Before wine, before beer, there was mead. Chemical analyses of Neolithic Chinese ceramic vessels have revealed traces of fermented honey dating back nine thousand years: no alcoholic beverage is older. The ancient Greeks called it ambrosia, the nectar of the gods of Olympus; the Vikings drank it in the banquet halls as mjød, believed to provide poetic inspiration; in medieval Europe, it accompanied weddings for an entire lunar cycle—hence, according to widespread tradition, the expression "honeymoon." Then, the spread of the vine relegated it to the margins, until the contemporary rediscovery of artisanal fermented wines, which is finally restoring it to its rightful place.
 
 
 

Technical Data

• Typology: still mead
• Alcoholic content: 12% ​​vol.
• Base: organic honey and aronia juice
• Certification: organic
• Recommended serving temperature: 10-12 ° C
• Recommended glass: structured white wine glass or small balloon glass

Organoleptic Examination

Visual examination: ruby ​​red color with purple reflections, bright and with good consistency in the glass.

Olfactory examination: intense nose, opening with notes of honey and dried flowers, followed by dark berries — blackberry, blackcurrant, elderberry — with a hint of medicinal herbs and undergrowth.

Taste testA soft and enveloping entry thanks to the honey, immediately balanced by the acidity and gentle tannins of the aronia; medium body, dry development and a long, slightly almondy finish, inviting the next sip.
 
 
 

How to Best Use: Red Mead Roots

• WITH CHEESES WITH CHARACTER: this is the combination that enhances it the most — try it with , where the sweetness of the honey meets the blue veins, or with Organic Aged Caciocavallo Reserve accompanied by Chestnuts from Tuscia.
• AT THE TABLE WITH RICH AUTUMN DISHES: its structure supports very well the preparations with the main ingredient Whole Farm Duck as well as a risotto with Organic Hokkaido Pumpkin: sweetness communicates, acidity degreases.
• AS MEDITATION OR IN MIXOLOGY: serve it at the end of the meal with a square of Dark Chocolate 60%, or use it as an unusual base for signature cocktails, diluted with soda water and a citrus zest.

The Manufacturer: Opificio13

Opificio13 is an artisanal company dedicated to signature fermented beverages, crafting organic honey with the approach and precision of a small winery: meticulous fermentation, essential ingredients, and no industrial shortcuts, to elevate mead to its highest gastronomic level.
 
 
 

Ingredients

Organic honey, aronia juice, water, yeast.

Contains SULPHITES.
 
 
 

Food container

Store the bottle horizontally in a cool, dark, vibration-free place at a constant temperature between 12 and 16°C. Once opened, tightly close the bottle and consume within a few days, refrigerated.
 
 
 

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