Cantillon Vigneronne

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

2004 bottling. I’ve had a bottle of this sitting around the house for a while, but when it became available at Capital Ale House, I felt it was a moral imperative to order it with lunch. Hazy medium gold and orange, slight, soft carbonation, but no head. Big horseblanket aroma, yet somehow refined versus brash. Flavor was horseblanket, barnyard, a touch of goat cheese, and something ethereal and lightly fruity floating sweetly in the background. Cantillon acidity is present, but a touch of sweet from the grapes remains in this relatively young beer. A wonderfully sophisticated beverage.

Cloudy orange colour, no head whatsoever. Whoah. Mind-blowingly skunky sour aroma. Sulphur, blue cheese, stinky feet and yeast. Rather unpleasant, frankly. Very dry, sour flavor of yeast, citrus and grapes. Sticky, dry palate. Certainly an aquired taste, but an interesting aquaintance nevertheless. I could probably enjoy this one if it weren’t for the appalling aroma.

Bottled. Apricotty orange colour, no head. Cantillonish sourness in aroma with weak hints of grape. Sourness and grape on flavour. (7 2 7 3 11).

Bottled. Hazy orange colour with almost non-existant head. Aroma is sour wood, with vanilla and some whitewineish notes. Flavour is much the same along with some sour berries added. Excellently balanced. 8 3 8 5 16.

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Golden hazy orange, quickly dissipating head. Aroma has usual cantillon brett, cheese, lemon, feet, wood, but there is a definite muscat presence. Still wersh, but there is a hint of sweetness in this one. Puckeringly dry finish. God, I love these beers.

Dull yellow going on gold body. Big fat bubbles for a head that did not hang around. White wine on the nose as well as sweat. Sweet grapefruit in the taste folllowed by the familiar sourness of the cantlllons.

Bottle at O’Brien’s, San Diego, shared with a bunch of RateBeer locals - courtesy of someone or other. (Things were getting pretty fuzzy by this point - I could barely take notes, let alone keep track of who was buying the rounds. So this rating will have to serve as a placeholder until I can get it a more informed/sober review.) Hazy yellow-orange colour. Funky barnyard nose, a little cheesy. Sour, acidic, lemony flavour. Jeez, these notes suck!

bottle, vintage 2000. #200. wow!!!! magnificent mouthwatering acidic gueuze. at the first sip i knew i love cantillon, the first i got(and what an experience). horseblanket, funky, cheese, bit fruity aroma. tastes also funky, acidic, grapes, bretty, tart.and so much lovely lambic(so complex). long,long sticky sour finish. favorite!!!

Blind taste test Id’ swear up and down this is a gueuze....virtually no fruitiness (grapes in this case supposedly) but still pretty decent and challenging. I’d say the main flavor was sour wheat.