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• forceberry wrote: 61 points

  February 8, 2022 - Some sources say this is a blend of Grenache and other red varieties, others say it is 100% Grenache. Apparently the base blend can change according to the vintage. Fermented spontaneously with carbonic maceration for 2 weeks, vinified without any SO2. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. 13% alcohol. Tasted in a Le Temps des Cerises tasting.
  
  Luminous, moderately translucent and quite deep raspberry red color. Very funky and rather natty nose with aromas of vinegary VA, animale, some barnyardy brett, a little bit of hay, light earthy notes and a hint of strawberry juice. The wine is wild, funky and a bit soft on the palate with a rather full body and quite sauvage flavors of strawberries, some acetic VA, a little bit of barnyardy brett, light metallic notes, a hint of cherry and a touch of something unclean and nutty, suggestive of mousiness. The wine is medium in acidity with rather light and gently grippy tannins. The finish is dull, unclean and unpleasant with medium-long flavors of medicinal bitterness, earthy tones and a nutty streak of mousiness that only grows in intensity as the wine opens up in the glass.
  
  Hrrr. This is a lousy effort. None of the Prüfer red wines managed to impress me, but this bottle was just a disappointment. The fruit department feels very underwhelming compared to the acetic - at times almost vinegary - notes of VA and not just funky but also moderately dirty bretty notes. To top it all off, the wine finishes with an unpleasant streak of mousiness that only underlines the natty overall character of the wine. All in all, a major disappointment. Not recommended.

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• mEssY99 Likes this wine:

  March 27, 2020 - Pure juice, but it gets mousey after a while. So drink fast, or let it sleep in the cellar for 4-8 months.

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• r.o.man Likes this wine: 93 points

  January 16, 2020 - All my sources say this is not blend, but pure Grenache. Light red-ruby color, clean. Vinous right from the nose - nice touch of yeast with strawberry, very fresh and natural. On the palate broad, tight, grippy, very long. Sweet ripe fruit, focused, flawless. Delicious.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer Le Temps des Cerises (Axel Prüfer)
• Varietal Grenache
• Designation Un pas de côté
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region France
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Vin de France

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