Cantillon Vigneronne

Brewed by Cantillon
Style: Lambic - Fruit
Brussels, Belgium

Green bottle, 750 ml, bottled in 2008, best before 12/2009, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on June 28 2009; eye: golden, slightly hazy, no effervescence, tiny ring of tan head, no lacing; nose: acidity, horse, fruity (grape); mouth: acidity, horse, fruity (grape), sourness, white wine mineral, acidic finale, average carbonation, no bitterness, medium body, mildly sour, rather acidic; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille verte, 750 ml, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 28 juin 2009; œil : dorée, très légèrement voilée, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse fauve, pas de dentelle; nez : acidité, cheval, fruité (raisin); bouche : acidité, cheval, fruité (raisin), aigreur, minérale du vin blanc, finale acide, carbonatation moyenne, pas d’amertume, corps moyen, moyennement aigre, plutôt acide; en résumé : correct

The sourer the beer, the gooder the beer, I say. So, I love any Cantillon offering - and though this beer isn’t grandly sour, it does the trick. Appearance-wise, this is peach-juice colored ambrosia. It smells of fruit, funk, and tartness. The real pleasure of this beer, or any other sour, is the way the beer tickles the back of the tongue, gently, but persuasively, imploring the drinker to have another drink.

Draught at Malt and VIne. Beautiful soft rose color. Nicely balanced dry and sour. Wonderful hint of muscat, earthy, leather, with little fruit. More complex and wonderfully sour as it warms in the tulip. A real treat I will hope to enjoy again.

Oh boy. Smells like apple vinegar and a bit of clover honey. Clear still dirty gold. Quickly tart, fades to maybe a little peach skin. Finishes clean and dry, almost like nothing at all. Seems fresh or immature.

750 ml bottle shared by furiousdman. Thanks Derek! Nose is light horseblanket tartness, white wine notes, and old oak. Hazy yellow orange with a small white head. Flavor is nicely tart with minor funk and pepperiness.

Oh my my my, sign me up again and again for this one. Pours a transparent light blonde and flat. Aroma: tart, boozy peaches/mullberries, reminds me of my childhood and our family orchard that grows white lady peaches around late August. It’s almost like a beer version of when my mom dunks a chunk of our white lady peaches into a class of white wine/champagne and lets it soak until the end. The flavor mimics the aroma but I mostly just want to shove my nose in this for a solid hour and leave it at that because the aroma alone has captured me.

[750ml] Hazy golden color, with some very interesting foam-- almost chunky. Aroma is very typical Cantillon, providing plenty of funkiness. Flavors blend mellow acidity with nice fruit ester presence. Complex finish.. I agree with other raters, this definitely has a slight nutty, earthy quality.

Pours out hazy gold with little bubbles. Smells fruity and funky. Taste is fruity lightly sour. The flavor of white grape and the Cantillon funk is great. Some wood and sour notes are present. Nice smooth mellow lambic. Very good.