Cantillon Rosé De Gambrinus

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Serve in Flute, Tumbler

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Bottle 75cl @ Home. [ Vintage 2005 ]. Clear medium orange red color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is tart, sour, raspberry, sulphurous. Flavor is moderate sweet, moderate to heavy acidic and moderate bitter with a long duration, and a dry and tart finish. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is lively to soft. Very nice ;o)) (150708)

The aroma is very special a little metallic and sour and like a dunghill - attracting and repulsive at the same time - very interesting. It is clear red with a head the starts big but vanishes extremely fast. The flavor is flat, rather acidic and yet sweet - it lingers on the palate and lips. The nicely sour - without being too sour. It only has hints of metal in the flavor. It is very hard to tell, that it is a Framboise.

(Bottle 75 cl) Pretty pink colour and pink head. Sour nose with only a vague memory of raspberries. Sour, vinegary flavour that completely overpowers the berries - what a shame. Acid all the way through. This is a typical Cantillon tastebud killer - mainly a beer for the masochistic beer drinkers. 160598

37.5 cL bottle at Ølbaren. Pours hazy red with a creamy off-white head. Aroma raspberry fruity and dry. Flavour is dry raspberry fruity with a light dry wooden note. Dry acidic to citric finish. Classic Cantillon dryness yet delicate fruity touch all the way through.

Bottled. Very reddish colour with some amber hints, almost no head. While pouring sweet strawberry/raspberry mixed aroma, with the Cantillonish-bitter-sour notes coming after it is in the glass. Strong Cantillonish lambicflavour. Aftertaste has some weak fruity and berryish hints, but as usual the sourness/bitterness covers it up pretty much. Some wineish hints also.

Very authentic lambic, which means really sour. Cocktail berry red. Not much raspberry flavour at all, just a slight hint. It’s good, but just too sour for me to fully enjoy, as I react physically to the sourness - my cheeks contract, and my throat and stomach burns.

Bottled at DBF 2005. Orange pink coloured with a white head. Aroma of fruits with notes of lactic acid. Acidic flavour with lots of fruits and acidic notes.

Bottle. Cloudy pink/red colour. Quite acidic, fruity flavour. Nice, acidic aftertaste.

Date: 04/14/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

rose, thin white head, tart cherry aroma, big tart flavor, touch of cherry, too simple

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Score: *4
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UPDATED: NOV 13, 2007 Vintage 1995, 2007-11-01, 12 years old, courtesy of Jacob (Hildogöltur), 8-4-8-4-16=40
Cloudy light amber color with orange shades. Pungent aroma, cellar mold and raspberries, very strong. Aggressive mouthfeel, dry, astringent, citrusy, with the raspberries first, and the cellar character then.

Bottled in 2007, 2007-05-08, fresh, 8-4-8-4-16=40
Beautiful red color, pink head. Strong cellar aroma, magnesia, maybe some fruits. Sour flavor, wood cask touch, very sour, with some notes of grapefruit as well. Tannins and some astringency in the end.

Bottled in 2000, 2004-02-24, 5 years old, 7-4-7-4-13=35
Beautiful light amber color. The aroma is really sour, not enough fruity; it shows mostly the wood cask, and later some magnesia. Absolutely sour (almost like lemon squash), some tannins. A true one; quite good, very aggressive, not really fruity.