2018 Le Temps des Cerises (Axel Prüfer) jalava

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 81.5 points

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  2/8/2022 - forceberry wrote: 70 Points

  A naturalist Cinsaut from organically farmed vineyards Languedoc. Fermented spontaneously, vinified without any SO2. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. 11,6% alcohol. Tasted in a Le Temps des Cerises tasting.
  
  Translucent, very slightly hazy pale red or deep pink color with a wide, watery rim. The nose feels dull and not particularly pleasant with aromas of rye bread, some earthy tones, a little bit of jammy red fruit, light and quite distinctive honeyed or marmaladey notes that remind me of red Beerenauslese wines and a hint of stewed strawberries. The wine is bright, crunchy and light-to-medium-bodied on the palate with flavors of strawberries, some stony minerality, a little bit of jammy red fruit, light leafy green tones, a hint of sappy herbal bitterness and a vinegary touch of VA. The wine is medium in acidity with no perceptible tannins. The finish is dull, medium in length and slightly unclean with flavors of brambly raspberries, some sappy herbal character, a little bit of ripe, sweetish red fruit and finally a touch of emerging mousiness, towards the end of the aftertaste.
  
  Meh. A mediocre naturalist red with quite little substance and a slightly unclean overall character that might explode into full-blown mousiness as the wine breathes and opens up with oxygen exposure. Anecdotal evidence says that mousiness might disappear with age, but I really don't see this wine benefiting from any cellaring, so I doubt the wine will get better with further aging even if that tiny hint of mousy THP disappeared with age. All in all, not really a convincing effort.

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  5/3/2020 - r.o.man Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I am becoming a big fan of Axel Prufer's wines. The more I tasted the more I like them.
  Cinsault. 11,8% alc. Beautiful cloudy shiny red. Great funk and purity on nose. Sweet ripe fruit on the palate, very juicy and fresh. Great flow, seamless, clean taste, great balance, long. Medium body, long finish. Beautiful funk!

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