Oude Geuze Villa Servais - 10 Jaar Restauratie
Den Herberg in Buizingen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Series|
Score
7.25
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Geuze met subtiele Sherry Finish. Een ode aan de Halse cellovirtuoos François Servais.
Deze oude geuze, gerijpt op Franse eiken vaten en afgewerkt op sherryvaten, verenigt techniek en passie in perfecte harmonie.
Ze werden geselecteerd door Bart en Kloris Devillé voor ’10 jaar’ Villa Servais.
Zoals Servais’ cello zong tussen Frankrijk en Spanje, zo laat deze geuze zuren, mineraliteit en hout samensmelten tot één virtuoze symfonie.
Vandaag even niet Villa, maar wel Sevilla Servais!
Deze oude geuze, gerijpt op Franse eiken vaten en afgewerkt op sherryvaten, verenigt techniek en passie in perfecte harmonie.
Ze werden geselecteerd door Bart en Kloris Devillé voor ’10 jaar’ Villa Servais.
Zoals Servais’ cello zong tussen Frankrijk en Spanje, zo laat deze geuze zuren, mineraliteit en hout samensmelten tot één virtuoze symfonie.
Vandaag even niet Villa, maar wel Sevilla Servais!
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Color: Hazy golden, stable white head. Aroma: Moldy farm barn funk, fruity gooseberry. Taste: Fruity gooseberry, some grape and citrus, subtle Sherry notes, quite a lot of moldy barn farm funk and oak wood. Minerals at the finish. Moderate tartness, light 'old hop' bitterness. Medium body, below average carbonation. Easy drinkable, yet nice complexity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2026
at 19:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
One of three special geuze editions created for the tenth anniversary of the renovation of Villa Servais, a 19th-century estate in the Pajottenland region now operated by a couple as a B&B and cultural centre; two other geuzes were made for this occasion by Boon and Ambreus. Light gusher, so be warned, but it stopped abruptly too so this may have been related to temperature contrasts. Medium sized but slowly dissolving, off-white, tiny-bubbled, shred-lacing, breaking head over a hazy, apricot-yellow blonde robe with ochre-ish tinge. Aroma of unripe green plums, pickled onions, wood sorrel, apricot vinegar, old dry sherry, damp hay, sawdust, old oak wood, gooseberries, armpit sweat, stale lemon juice, cucumber soaked in vinegar, dry strawbales, grass silage, farmland. Spritzy, crisp onset, tart-fruity with impressions of sour plum, gooseberry and gherkin, but also a softness of ripe apricot somewhere - 'mals' is the right word here; minerally carbonation through a supple cereally, bready core, soaked in fruity sourness, lime- and gooseberry-like, rounded and refreshing with a yoghurty edge. Woody tannins in the finish, but also quite some funkiness, retronasally revealing itself as freshly fermented farmland (manure), sweat and mouldy citrus peel - adding a 'heavier' dimension to a generally bright, fruity, juicy geuze. Elegant blend, typical Herberg style, with both a refreshing fruity side and a 'darker' funky side. An entertaining yet still accessible, all-round geuze, enjoyed it.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2026
at 23:23