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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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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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.
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.
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.
Lci
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.
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.
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 !