Dulle Teve Reserva 2023 (Trousseau du Jura)
De Dolle Brouwers in Diksmuide, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Tripel Special|
Score
7.35
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is bread, fruity malt, booze. Slick body, bready malt, sweet fruit, hides alcohol well, enjoyed this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Officially the third Reserva version of Dulle Teve, Dolle’s tripel, to date, in very limited quantities as only one single 225 l barrel was used (equalling 300 bottles of 75 cl, crown-capped); this barrel was delivered by a friend of the brewery and previously contained Trousseau wine from the Jura region in eastern France. Bottle from the brewery. Off-white, large-bubbled yet stable, moussey head, slowly thinning and lacing in shreds, misty orangey-glowing peach blonde robe with steady visible sparkling, a treat to the eye; turns into a cloudy orange-veiled beige in the end. Rich and stunning nose of ripe red apple (especially in the end), peach yoghurt, ripe nectarine, oak wood, rosé wine, fresh orange and marmalade, cantaloupe, ripe persimmon, purple gooseberries, cream, red wine, orange water, sweat, biscuit, fresh cranberry juice, damp tree leaves, aged game. Brightly fruity, even juicy onset, lots of red apple, ripe nectarine, orange and melon, even red grape; softly sour gooseberry effects too, a bit lactic and yoghurty further on but remaining very radiantly fruity and supple. Lots of grapey effects too, over a firm but elegantly smooth caramelly, bready and biscuity malt structure, carrying the fruitiness further to a rich finish in which herbal elements (fresh thyme, cinnamon even) appear as well, spicing up the continuing melon, persimmon and grape fruitiness. Hop bitterness remains delicately floral but has its function partially replaced by woody tannins, accentuating the vinous character of this beer. Sour-sweet fruitiness lingers in a most brilliant, balanced way. What a treat – this is truly unique, but also utterly tasty, like only the best of Dolle’s Stille Nacht Reserva editions; the orange fruit and more ‘animalistic’ accents (the first very strong and dominant, the latter very subtle and background) must come from the Trousseau or are at least heavily amplified by it. In any case this new and very limited Dolle beer is the best proof I ever came across that ageing the old Belgian tripel style on wine barrels holds enormous potential. Get them while you can.