Blend of five different sherry barrel aged lambics, of the oloroso and amontillado types - the umpteenth variant on Zenne y Frontera, one of 3 Fonteinen's globally renowned series and indeed one that has spawned many a masterpiece of sometimes mindblowing beauty - a trend hard to compete with I suppose, even if you are competing with yourself. At Lambik-o-Droom. Snow white, irregular, bubbly, medium sized, opening head on an initially clear, deep, warm orange blonde robe with amberish tinge, hazy further on. Aroma of lots of old wood, very dry sherry (indeed old oloroso), dry straw, apricot kernels, old orange peel, green plum, also young (white) wood, dried lingonberries, sour grape. Very dry onset, estery in a dry and sour way, tart small grapes, orange pith - minerally carbonated with vinous mouthfeel, over a dry-cereally core smoothened by strong woodiness from those old sherry casks. Lingering green apple, persimmon and unripe plum notes, old lemon zest too but the sourness remains 'mals' and subordinate to the sherry and wood effects, making for a mile long, bone dry and layered finish. Dried fruits linger, 'deep' oxidation effects from the sherry linger, tannins from the wood linger, vinosity lingers - and the memory lingers far beyond all that. I had many a ZYF variant, some truly blew my away - I remember the second batch even doing that more than the first batch, but that is another story - and this may well be one of those absolute top editions, though it admittedly had time to mature, which I suspect makes a big difference. Only one lesson can be drawn from this: if you are sitting on ZYF bottles, no matter which batch(es), be patient. It pays off.

Hapu, puuviljane, tsitrus, oksüdeerunud, šerri. Hea.