Cuvée de Mortagne - Virgin Oak
Brouwerij Alvinne in Moen, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular|
Score
7.73
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Cuvée de Mortagne is the barrel aged version of Land Van Mortagne. It offers an immense complexity due to the tannins of the wooden barrels and the flavour profile of the wine they once contained.
Our classic Cuvee de Mortagne uses French red wine barrels.
Virgin Oak barrels. This means the barrels previously held no other wine or spirits.
Our classic Cuvee de Mortagne uses French red wine barrels.
Virgin Oak barrels. This means the barrels previously held no other wine or spirits.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
I purchased a 75 cl bottle at Be Hoppy in Madrid earlier this month, pleased to find it. Now I am home and ready to sample this quadrupel. My Chimay glass is arrayed, I lift the cap off from the bottle and pour. Dark amber-brown in color, sort of like La Trappe Quadrupel, with a spare amount of recharging foam on the top. I call the scent attractive. Ripe dark fruit, grain and a small flowery background. The taste is as expected and easy to like. Figs, a soft vinous quality, slightly sour, malt, yellow fruit and a hint of toffee. The moderately high ABV is totally covered. Not a knock-it-out-of-the park quadrupel but a pleasant brew.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Be Hoppy Madrid
on 19 Apr 2025
at 23:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught Disparate greyish-transparant rim over opaque dark brown beer. Vinous, old (?, sorry) wet wood, partly dried red fruit, shrivelled berries. Vinous, red wine, mix of sweet(ish) and sour, fruity acidity. There's traces of vanilla. Acidthinning and light -burn. Not very carbonated, certain slickness present, with long acidity and fruitflavours. Restrained sour, very vinous, likeable.
Tried
from Draft
at
Café Pardaf
on 26 Dec 2023
at 07:57
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Pours clear , ocerbrown. Dark. No head. Scent is mild chocolate. balanced, but very expressive on the oak (uncharred) . Taste is full, touch tart, young wood. Bit glue. Fairly intense. Mildly tart. Decent.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2021
at 09:25
8/10
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Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2021
at 18:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Chestnut brown colour, almost no foam. Very soft carbonation. Nose of dried fruit, raisins, plums, some vinous notes, fruity and woody. Very nice.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2021
at 22:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Batch #3. Dark brown color. Sour plums, pepper, caramel and oak in the aroma. Malty sweet, caramelly flavor wth a moderate sourness, roast, alcohol, dried fruit, sour plums. Oak, especially noticeable in the aftertaste. Full bodied, Nice and complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2020
at 18:06
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Nov 2019
at 17:48
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pours clear, dark brown. Smell is rather mild, fresh oak indeed. Mild maltyness, some tart / funk by the morpheus yeast. Taste is full, sweet, mild funkyness. Less than expected by the scent. Not that tart. Not bad !
Tried
on 11 Oct 2019
at 12:44