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Merde
Yes, it means what you think, and it's been a characteristic (and not necessarily a negative one!) in Burgundy since back at least as far as Voltaire, who used precisely that term to describe it. May be associated with "bretanomyces" (above).
are some who dismiss the region out of hand, their experience blighted by the use of questionable yeast cultures and cuvées that taste more of bananas than wine, of early releases that taste of little other than acid and green, or of "vin de merde" ...
 See also: Character, Burgundy, Grape, Oak, Wine
  
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