Le Brutal de Jean-Marc 2017

➡️ More wines on my Instagram: @marcel.de.cocq ▫️ Le Brutal de Jean Marc 2017 (Les Vins Pirouettes) 🍇 Gewurztraminer, Riesling & Auxerrois 🇫🇷 ▫️ Interesting Brutal concept that was vinified by a collective of befriended winemakers and was further produced by Jean-Marc Dreyer in Alsace. ▫️ For now it is a young, stable but shy and tame Orange wine. Expectations where high, but were not really met at this point in time. ▫️ White fruit, in a very light somewhat mineral body, where young pink peaches and apricots have a quite primary play, with something melon-ish and light honey tones in the background. Firm tropical sours with a tiny fizz and present yeasts, give it a bit of funk. It has some good bitters in the finish, but it all stays a bit isolated for me. After breathing for a few hours everything smooths out a bit and now and then remotely some earthy vegetal tones are being released. ▫️ I don't find it really "Brutal" enough, in my experience compared with other Brutal wines. The idea of having a raw and Brutal orange experience appealed to me, but fell a bit flat here. The "normal" Gewurztraminer Macération (also 2017) from Jean-Marc Dreyer impressed me way more, which I only quickly tasted on Les Anonymes, but had the 2016 before too. The normal Orange wines from Hausherr, from Alsace, also win the game for me. Same for the regular Orange wines from Es d'Aqui or La Sorga for example, that have more raw "brutality" and excitement then what I experienced in this vintage. ▫️ But I read "that in this case the skin maceration involved is the extreme element of the wine". But I don't really see why that should make it a Brutal. But, it is kind of exceptional that 3 different grapes were vinified, with skin contact, separately, which makes this actually a cuvée of 3 different Orange wines. Maybe we can see that approach categorize as Brutal in the end anyway? 😄 ▫️ The Design of this Burtal label is funny. Where normally an image of the Grim Reaper is being used, here a Stork bird is portrayed. Probably a local reference since I know there are a lot of Storks in the Alsace, but this is an assumption 🙂 ▫️ Tech facts: "Soil: Clay and Limestone Varieties: Gewurtraminer, Pinot Gris & Riesling  Age of Vines: 40 years old Vinification Method: Grapes are hand harvested with a triage in the vines, destemmed, and fermented with indigenous yeast and zero sulfur. The varieties are vinified separately, and spend about 15 days macerating on the skins, producing a nice orange/pink color. Elevage on the fine lees for 11 months in traditional large Alsatian foudre and bottled with zero addition of sulfur. The wine is blended a day before being bottled, Unfined and unfiltered." ▫️ Sweetness: dry, Acidity: high, Tannin: low, Body: light, Finish: medium-. ▫️ Rating: 😣 [* * * * * * ⭐ * * *] 😁

@marceldc

Le Brutal de Jean-Marc 2017

@Lies-Lies

Le Brutal de Jean-Marc

Light bodied and funky (think kombucha), it’s a fun drinking experience. It starts pretty acidic but mellows as it warms to a bit more melon/stone fruit.

@ejoseph212

Le Brutal de Jean-Marc

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@patri_figueiredo