Cantillon Saint Lamvinus

[Vintage 1999] The aroma is sweet and sour with notes of cherries and grapes. The color is an unclear deep red and it has a fine pink head though disappearing. The flavor is sour with strong grape notes and acid from the wild fermentation. It ends on a woody dryness. This beer has a lovely flavor.

Bottled. Deep red with aroma of red berries. Woody and vinous, and unusually sweet for a Cantillon. Still tart and complex with a citric acid finish with some bitterness, seemingly from the stones (or do you say seeds?) in the grape.

Extra rating 1: St Lamvinus 2002 Merlot. Light red. Woody, vinous character, balanced acidity. Juicy, sparkling and very dry with pleasant grape stone bitterness (9/4/7/4/16).

Extra rating 2: St Lamvinus 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep clear red. Fruity vinousaroma. Citric with notes of barnyard and juicy aromatic grapes. Sweeter than the Merlot variety. Complex and intense. (9/4/8/5/16)

(Bottle 75 cl) Hazy reddish with a rather handsome, pinkish head. Markedly sour aroma. Very sour flavours with typical Cantillon barnyard notes - this is like red wine vinegar with some fruityness. 120106

Cherry red. Typical Cantillon brett/fruit nose. Tart, slightly fruity. A little red wine note follows but it is not as pronounced as I'd expected. Enjoyable brew, as are all Cantillons, but I'm surprised this blows Beaumont's mind any more than any other Cantillon fruit beer.

37.5 cL bottle, cheers Jeppe. Pours hazy maber/redish with a fizzy and quickly disappearing pink head. Acidic dry brett aroma with a tart fruit note. Dry woody flavour with a nice grape flavour and very wineous notes. Light acidic dry flavour following. Shivering citric dry finish. Lovely! Very nice fruity lambic, classic Cantillon with a refreshing grape flavour.