#13 Tart Cherry Vanilla Melomel

Racked off sediment and whole cherries. The mead had fermented dry. I had significant headspace because of the cherries, so I added 6 oz of tupelo honey, dissolved in warm water and topped off liberally with tart cherry juice. I added two fresh vanilla beans. The mead is a nice color, deep red with that brownish cherry tinge. The nose is vanilla. Even though I'm not a huge fan of dry wines, the sample I drew out was very good. It was, however, mostly cherry, the honey was largely absent. I'm hoping the tupelo will bring in more of the honey flavor.

SG (post-additions) 1.018