Lou Pepe Gueuze
Brasserie Cantillon in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Gueuze Winter|
Score
8.09
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The Lou Pepe Gueuze is a blend of three different 2-year-old lambics. The standard Cantillon Gueuze is a blend of 1,2, and 3-year-olds. The inclusion of the younger lambic (which still has some unfermented sugars in it) sparks a refermentation in the bottle that gives Gueuze its famous champagne-like spritziness. The simple idea behind the special Lou Pepe blend is that it should have much more of the taste of old lambic, which is of course much harder, drier, more sour, and more complex than the young stuff. (Though 3-year-olds are generally more complex than 2-year-olds, it's not necessarily so; the 2-year-olds used in this instance have as much character as most 3-year-olds.) This being Gueuze, it has to be spritzy, so the brewery opted for the same method used in conditioning champagne: everyday refined sugar is dissolved in water and added to cause a refermentation. The sugar ferments out completely, so there is no residual sweetness, which Jean-Pierre famously detests.
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9/10
Sour, a bit tart, fruity. Stone fruit, barnyard funk, florals, soft, smooth. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2023
at 14:46
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, 750 ml at charity tasting Wien 2022. Shared with Miro B, Werckmeister and others. Vintage 1999. Cloudy orange with small white head. Funky, cellar, quite sour, citric. Juicy. Pretty complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Mar 2023
at 06:41
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
0,75l bottle shared at charity tasting at home. amber hazy color, small white head. Smells funky, earthy, wood, bit sherry, cheesy. very nice smell. medium body, soft carbonation. Tastes cheesy, citric, grassy, earthy, light sherry. Finishes quite dry and medium sour with notes of citrus, grass and earthy notes. very nice, overall very fresh, lots of citric notes, great balance.
8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 9
8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 9
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2022
at 18:37
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Bottle, 750 ml at charity tasting. Cloudy orange with small white head. Funky, cellar, quite sour, citric. Juicy. Pretty complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2022
at 22:00
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle bought way back in 2008 from Theatre of Wine, Greenwich. 2005 vintage. Orange pour with a white head. Nose is green apple, zesty lemon, horse blanket, brie. Taste is green apple, lemongrass, funk (HEYY!), lime. Zesty citrusy finish. Exquisite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Aug 2022
at 10:33
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 750mL bottle (2008 vintage, bottled 21 April 2011; brought back from my Aug 2011 trip to Brussels). Cork had a bit of mold on the top, under the cap. Hazy golden orange with minimal white head. Touch of cheese, quite soft subdued funk, dry-ish. Still good, but preferred the 2011 vintage. May have been that I stored it standing up for years, before moving to the fridge on its side.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2022
at 05:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
’08 vintage bottled in ’11. Cloudy yellow pour with a decent white head. Lemon, grass, funk, and wet hay aromas. Lemon, apricot, tangerine, and brett notes. Dry with mild tartness and good carbonation. A bit acidic with wonderful balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2022
at 17:48
8/10
Hapu, kuiv, puuviljane, tsitrus, kuiv, mahlane, sidrun. Hea. 4.1
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2021
at 16:49
7/10
Tried
on 18 Jan 2021
at 21:09
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Poured from 750mL bottle (2011 vintage, bottled 2014). Slightly hazy golden orange with minimal white head. Earthy funk, wood, dry, but sweet tones. Complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2020
at 06:35