Sparkling mead recipes?

[mtnsongbird]

Hi out there! I'm a beginning mead maker, and I am getting ready to start a new batch. I'd like to make something closer to a Viking-style mead- sparkling, not TOO sweet but with a heavier, creamier mouth feel like good root beer, and something that will produce a thick, creamy head like a stout beer.

Any good recipes for this style of mead out there?

 

[mtnsongbird]

I would also like to add subtle other flavors like vanilla, orange and clove. I suppose I imagine this mead as a sister to a Belgian witbier.