 Ernest (4250), Boulder, Colorado, USA
Jul 1, 2005
Bottle, Belgium, May 2005.
Head is initially average sized, fizzy, white, mostly diminishing.
Body is hazy light amber, bottle conditioned.
Aroma is moderately malty (toasted grain), moderately yeasty (barnyard, horseblanket), with notes of peach, pineapple, honey, cask wood, apple skin, minerals, gooseberry, etc.
Flavor is moderately sweet, heavily acidic.
Finish is lightly sweet, moderately acidic.
Medium body, watery texture, fizzy/lively carbonation, lightly astringent.
No, I’m not going to say where I found this, so don’t ask. I only had the one, no more stashed away for trade. That said, this was truly astounding to me and I’m kinda surprised this isn’t closer to the Top 50. The aroma is just incredible with enticing notes and complexity beyond my senses. I could stand just a touch more sourness in the mouth, but man oh man this is one of the best fruit lambics I’ve had (and ever will have, I’m certain). Armand does it again.
anders37 (2738), Malmö, Sweden
Jul 3, 2007 Bottle @ Akkurat, Stockholm. Pours a hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a fruity tart and slightly malty aroma with some hints of grapes. Sweet malty tart flavor with some woody hints and hints of grapes. Sweetish but tart fruity finish with hints of those grapes.
Rastacouere (5355), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
May 30, 2007 Akkurat, vintage 2000. Classiest old bottle (said that a few times recently). The drink is opaque, pale golden with an initially large, uniform white head that diminishes to a firm cover. The most appealing nose takes some time getting used to. The Malvasia grape varietal, which I’m not very familiar with having never had any wine made from it, comes out rather funky, almost mineral with peppery Alsace-like overtones and exotic tropical fruits, pineapple being upfront. Boastful tart intricacies in the shapes of a fruit basket basically. Besides, the usual drie fonteinen glorious citrus extraction is part of the meetup where fine, clean white grapefruit and lemon notes mingle along the wheat to ensure perfect drinkability. Perfect classic Drie Fonteinen mouthfeel comprising the most refined texture and fitting, still active carbonation. Underated if anything, this is a masterpiece of restricted, integrated, beautiful flavors, almost subtle for a lambic. Never agressive, sure of itself, quite dry, quite tart yet certainly never overly so an remaining quite accessible for outsiders I would assume. Classy diplomacy and age resistance all the way.
radiomgb (1776), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Jul 28, 2006 750ml bottle labelled Drie Fonteinen Druiven Geuze at the Akkurat in Stockholm, Sweden. Hazy golden-amber in colour, medium sized white head, some lacing. The aroma is quite tart and sour, green apple skins and red grapes, light citrus. The flavour is tart and sour upfront, after that the citrus (lemons, oranges peel) comes in, peaches, grapes and apples. Moderate acidic mouthfeel, medium body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes lightly acidic, long, very dry at the very end. Fantastic stuff. Very refreshing and sour, excellent balance, this is great stuff.
oh6gdx (6332), Vaasa, Finland
Oct 4, 2005 Bottled (vintage 2000). Hazy peach colour, big foamy head. Spices and sour apple in aroma. Sour apple, grapes and spices in flavour. Very dry finish. Extremely pleasant. Wellbalanced.
TBone (5115), Pori, Finland
Oct 3, 2005 Bottled, vintage 2000
Hazy peach colour, not much head. Sour, lambic nose. Very carbonated, fruity, you really can taste grapes here. Sour, fruity aftertaste. Balanced, fruity lambic.
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