NV Domaine de L'Octavin Charlot

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  8/20/2020 - forceberry wrote: 53 Points

  A red wine made with Merlot from 2016 vintage (85%) sourced from Thierry Goult (Domaine de la Saulsaie), farming in Carcassonne, blended with Molette (11%) and Muscat (4%) from 2018. Merlot macerated for 30 days. All grapes fermented spontaneously. Blended together in April 2018 and left to age for a few months, bottled in June 2018. The lot number says Merl16Chi17. 12% alcohol.
  
  Dark, moderately translucent and slightly hazy blackish-red color. Sweet, rich and extremely wild nose that is screaming mousiness already here. Aromas of wizened cherries, some volatile notes of ether, a little bit of toasted sesame seeds, light strawberry notes and a hint of basmati rice. Not particularly attractive, if you ask me. The wine is medium-bodied, very wild and quite crunchy on the palate with flavors of tart lingonberries, sweet volatile notes of ether and nail polish, some cranberry sauce, a little bit of stony minerality, light mousy notes of sesame seeds and stale bread and an acetic hint of vinegary VA. High in acidity with slightly grippy tannins. The finish is tart, long and mousy with flavors of tart lingonberries, some rancid nuts, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness bordering on quinine, light acetic notes of VA, a hint of crunchy cranberry and a touch of stale bread.
  
  Ugghhh. A catastrophe of a wine. Normally mousiness hits you only in the aftertaste, but this wine was obviously mousy before you even had the first taste. I'd mark this wine as flawed/defective, but since I suspect all the wines are going to be exactly like this, this isn't a defective bottle - this is how the wine is supposed to be like. Horrible. Avoid.

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