Mas Des Bressades Cuvée Excellence 2008, Ac Costières De Nîmes
Critic Reviews (3)
This has a huge nose of tar, pepper, capers/iodine, meaty notes from brettanomyces, and black olive tapenade - very...
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Sign In to see Critic Reviews. Not a Member? Please Sign Up.Pure brettanomyces (horse sweat), a defect in my view. Tasted March 2011.
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My first experience with brettanomyces (I bought this bottle intentionally based on controversial reviews).
I'm not one to shy away from dominant aromas, but while I was able to find salty meat, baked blackberry and eucalyptus, I was overwhelmed by the brett and found this wine undrinkable. Like I'd been to the farm and didn't wash my hands before dinner.