F: medium, pale tanned, quick gone to many bubbles. C: almost black, opaque. A: Porto wine, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, mellow dark fruits, raisins, plums, figs, complex. T: rich malty backbone, chocolate, bit Porto wine, cocoa, vanilla, mellow fruity, nice velvety mouthfeel, oak, raisins, light woody tannins, full body, lower carbonation, really nice and fully enjoyed, 33cl bottle from Malting Pot bottle shop in Brussels.

Alvinne’s core quadrupel aged in barrels that have previously contained Sauternes, the well-known, ‘noble-rot-sweet’ white wine from the Bordeaux region in France. Lot 0954 apparently, steinie bottle bought at Fontana in Sint-Niklaas in between Ghent and Antwerp. Mousy, thick, pale beige, creamy head, slowly dissipating but stable; cloudy dark ruddy-bronze colour with warm burgundy hue. Intense, complex and very noble bouquet of a lot of soaking wet vanilla-ish oak wood, blue grapes, indeed sweet dessert wine, tawny port, fresh figs, yellow raisins, yoghurt, hazelnut oil, red wine, rosewood, sherry, blue plum, touch of hay. Sweet onset, candied figs, ripe pear and medlar, medium carbonation, very full and bit vinous body; lovely caramelly and honeyish sweetness in the middle adorned with ongoing fruitiness and growing ‘woodiness’, very vanilla-ish retronasally so very clearly oak in a most noble and charming way; light tartness at the sides adding complexity, but nowhere actually sour, with the sweetness remaining firmly in place. Softly warming, port- and sherry-like alcohol in the end, accentuating flavours rather than interfering with them, while this lovely oakiness, fruity and malt sweetness and a hay-ish background hoppiness are drenched in a big, grapey, desserty Sauternes effect. Rich, complex and downright fantastic Alvinne once again, nothing less than world class and for me the best in the series of barrel aged Cuvée de Mortagne variants so far, at least of the ones I have been able to taste - reminding me that I need to get my hands on that Pedro Ximénez version as soon as possible, since apparently I haven't had it after all, contrary to what I thought...

Dried fruit, raisins, figs, strawberry jam, sweet wine, mouldy oak. A bit too sweet. Great stuff, just what you'd expect from Alvinne. 4 --- Beer merged from original tick of Cuvée de Mortagne Sauternes on 24 Sep 2017 at 09:01 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Sampled at Borefts Bier Festival 2017. Hazy dark amber pour. Tons of dried fruit, barerl, toffee, fruit jam. I can't say I could drink a whole bottle, but a few sips go down quite nice.

Keg at Pressklubben, Stockholm. Clear mahogany colour, creamy head. Vinous caramelly aroma with some madeira. Sweet with full body and rounded mouthfeel. Caramel and red wine. Mild warming finish. Rich and pleasant.