Herdade do Mouchão
Vinho Regional Alicante Bouschet
Alentejano, Portugal
Another terrific btl from @VagabondWines. A gulpable yet complex Alicante Bouschet w/ Trincadeira.
Another terrific btl from @VagabondWines. A gulpable yet complex Alicante Bouschet w/ Trincadeira.
Jan 15th, 2014
Lost my notes but very complex and elegant alicante, we really loved it. Lots of potential !
Lost my notes but very complex and elegant alicante, we really loved it. Lots of potential !
Aug 12th, 2022
Everything about this wine screams uncool in our industry in the present era: high alcohol (14%), heavy extraction, generous use of new oak (presumably), ripe + chewy tannins, flavors that shout rather than whisper and high praise from Robert Parker (cue Elaine or Carlton Banks’ dance moves). Maybe it’s my 90’s nostalgia or maybe I’ve been drinking too much vintage port these days 🤷🏻♀️ but it all works beautifully here: intense aromas of licorice, pepper, cedar, black plum, wet tar, dried tobacco, cranberries, cassis, dried violets. And this is only the beginning... A blast of macerated red and black berries on the palate, held together by a solid acid backbone, followed by a long finish laced with black olive, dried tobacco, mocha and mineral. Hedonistic. Three cheers for Alicante Bouschet!
Everything about this wine screams uncool in our industry in the present era: high alcohol (14%), heavy extraction, generous use of new oak (presumably), ripe + chewy tannins, flavors that shout rather than whisper and high praise from Robert Parker (cue Elaine or Carlton Banks’ dance moves). Maybe it’s my 90’s nostalgia or maybe I’ve been drinking too much vintage port these days 🤷🏻♀️ but it all works beautifully here: intense aromas of licorice, pepper, cedar, black plum, wet tar, dried tobacco, cranberries, cassis, dried violets. And this is only the beginning... A blast of macerated red and black berries on the palate, held together by a solid acid backbone, followed by a long finish laced with black olive, dried tobacco, mocha and mineral. Hedonistic. Three cheers for Alicante Bouschet!
Jan 13th, 2021
Deep dark color. Spice and Alicante deliciousness. Had with a rare New York strip steak.
Deep dark color. Spice and Alicante deliciousness. Had with a rare New York strip steak.
May 19th, 2017Not its best version, still too young still, but one can I say? An icon, Alicante's mentor!
Not its best version, still too young still, but one can I say? An icon, Alicante's mentor!
Nov 20th, 2015Dark fruit, dar chocolate, black tea still, tobacco. vibrant on the palate. Lots of acid actually. Borderline rough/fine tannins. Tar backbone mineral. So concentrated. It needs time. Long.
Dark fruit, dar chocolate, black tea still, tobacco. vibrant on the palate. Lots of acid actually. Borderline rough/fine tannins. Tar backbone mineral. So concentrated. It needs time. Long.
Dec 20th, 2017
