3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle@ Akkurat, Stockholm. 10 May 2005. Handwritten label says Cantillon Grand Cru "Congac" Brewed 18 March 2003
Applejuice coloured. Very dry. Very acid. Tones acetone and acetic acid. Apple peal in aftertaste.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours amber. Smells slightly of barn, cognac and grass. Taste is slightly of dry wine grapes.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sampled at the RBESP 2004
Aroma: Barn, grapes, green hay, nuts.
Looks: Cloudy amber, low carbonation, lowish head.
Flavors & Mouthfeel: Bone dry, lactic, green grapes, hay, a tad leather.
Lactic cheese retronasal
Medium body
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Hazy light amber colour. Fresh, wheaty, bretty goodness. Very tart. Very musty. Pleasing underlying sweetness. Slight oak note, but I missed the cognac influence.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled.
Flat amber colour. Good old(but a bit vague) Cantillon nose - tart and acidic. Obviously the cognac notes(from the cask) neutralizes the sourness. Finishes dry, but not as dry as one would expect.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Very tart aroma, lactic, sour white wine. Hazy cider amber with no head. Medium watery with low carbonation. Starts very tart, lactic, with light bitterness. Light grape profile, tannin. Finish is lactic sour, bitter. Dry chalky after, saliva inducing.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottled (from Jacob’s collection). Hazy pale orange. Up front Cantillon acidity mingles with strong cognac aroma. Sweeter than the average Cantillon, yet fresh and acidic. After the initial punch the cognac flavour subdues to a more balanced level. Interesting, and - as alwatys with Cantillon - very, very good.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
From the cask at the Cantillon Brewery; batch F-17 from March 2003, 15 months old (Jacob had the F-14)
Hazy golden color. Delicate aroma, only lately shows some fruitness and cognac; pears and apricots in spirit. A real character, with very light wood notes, turning into a woody bitterness at the end; still some unfermented sugars.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottled: Peach coloured. Dusty. No head as it should be. Light sour, fruity and with a good sweetness in the aroma. Is dry and fresh in the flavour. Has a smooth and full fruityness. Has a sharp citric aftertaste. Nice one. Thanks Jacob.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Sampled fresh from the barrel at the Cantillon Open Brewing Day March 2004. Faintly hazy amber, no head and light spritzy condition. Quite sharp in the nose with lambic notes clashing with an obvious spirity edge, although the source wasn't obvious. Excellent woody tartnes and apple notes in the mouth with a long finish tinged with citric and funky barnyard notes. Excellent.
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