Quinta De Chocapalha - Gone Bad

Name: Quinta De Chocapalha -Castelao

Variety: Portuguese Red - Castelao

Country/Region: Portugal, Lisboa

Year/Price: 2016, $19

Critique Review: Old vine Castelão has produced a rich wine that is full of dense black fruits. It has the typical juicy character of the grape, full of fruitiness to go with the concentrated structure of the wine. Drink from 2020. — Roger Voss

Reference Flavors: Flavor, Blackberry, Black Plum, Violet, Dark Chocolate, Licorice, Tobacco, Cedar, Spice, Cherry, Graphite

My Review: Visually this wine is a deep dark red but not black with average viscosity. On the nose I get black plum and strong, almost rotting rose, floral notes. There was some talk before tasting among the group that the wine smelled off. After tasting this is definitely true. The wine is extremely sour and that mild rotting smell fully manifested into a rotten flavor. We believe the bottle was not stored properly and was most likely affected by heat or some other sort of affliction. The cork strangely broke in half too which may be a sign that the wine was corked.

Our reactions: https://youtu.be/aAx9R7g5F-Q?si=SDnwBe8Wnxn5u_FL&t=62