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Cantillon Vigneronne

Percentile
96
overall
Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit

Brussels, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4363.73/5.03.72/5.05%77.8Flute, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Vigneronne is a blending muscat grapes and lambic, the brewers and beer merchants produced the "druivenlambik" (grapes lambic). White grapes soaked in lambic. The fructose, which abounds in these fruits, enables us to make a beer which is more mellow than the Gueuze or the other fruit beers. The spontaneous fermentation, the ageing in the barrels for several years and the addition of grapes make it a distant cousin of certain white wines.
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 emacgee (1864), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/517/20
Jun 2, 2007  
Man alive I was not expecting this. My first Cantillon and boy was it a punch in the face. Split a 750 of this between four people. Poured a hazy orangey amber with almost no head (thin, white, quickly goes away). The aroma was sweet, slightly sour, showed the muscat. The flavor was extremely tart, almost unbearably so. It eclipsed Rodenbach Grand Cru in that respect. Very sour and tart, the muscat was apparent though. The palate was crisp and carbonated, very lively in the mouth.


 Tmoney99 (4713), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 2, 2007  
Bottle with cap and cork from River’s Bend. Poured hazy copper orange color with a minimal head that diminished quickly with minimal lacing. Moderate complex tart fruit yeasty aroma. Medium body with a slick texture. Medium sour fruit flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of long duration. Refreshing brew.


 oberabcbbsok (686), Hoboken, Belgium
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
May 28, 2007  
Bottle 75cl at the beerfestival at Buggenhout 2007. This version were bottled in 1999. No taste of grapes in it but still very tastful and still sour/


 thebeertourist (2777), Oslo, Norway
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
May 24, 2007  
Bottle at Bier Circus, Brussels. Orangey amber, quite hazy, small white foam. Complex citrus aroma meeting mellower grapes. Flavours start lemony, woody character takes over, but the finish is quite smooth with hints of raisins and almonds. More mellow than other beers from Cantillon, but still rich and complex.


 tytoanderso (1386), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
May 24, 2007  
Bottle. 2002 vintage. Pours cloudy gold. Looks quite rich. Very distinctive nose: sour, funk. Perhaps it’s the bottling or the age, but I get notes of smoke and oak. Also some interesting maritime aromas: salt and sea spray. Quite firm and aggressive on the palate. Bracingly sour flavor. Quite acidic. A hint of oak. Where’s the muscat? Dig deeper... here are some sour grape notes. Finishes incredibly dry and sour.


 beerinmarch (2781), Alabama, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
May 18, 2007  
Very good brew, the muscat grapes are very subtle, but kinda lends a light taste of grape skins to the finish. Good level of sourness and acidity give the usualy dry cantillon feel. Lightly tart and fruity in the finish. You get more of the grapes in the aftertaste, sour and tart with a wine like finish.


 mreeves (257), Sammamish, Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
May 16, 2007  
On tap at Brouwer’s Belgian fest. OK--I see what they mean about this approaching wine. This is a very sour, unusual beer. Never had anything quite like it. A golden brew, looks nice in the 6 oz. glass (which looked an awful lot like a wine glass to me) they served it in. I probably won’t go for it again, but it’s an impressively sour and interesting effort.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
May 14, 2007  
Bottle from Capone’s. Hazy orangy dark straw pour with minimal off-white head. Aroma of tart funky fruit, including pear, apple, and white wine notes. Tastes very fruity and tart, yet doesn’t seem as tart as some Cantillon’s I’ve had, with the funky tartness combined with the apple and pear notes all the way through.



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