8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

375 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 6/2019. Pours slightly hazy deep reddish orange/copper/amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a large amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big lightly tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, peach, plum, pear, apricot, pineapple, mango, melon, red apple, red grape/wine, oak, peppercorn, clove, hay, straw, herbal, floral, grass, honey, wheat, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of banana, bubblegum, leathery/musty funk, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of blackberries, fruity/spicy/light funky yeast, French oak, and bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big lightly tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, peach, plum, pear, apricot, pineapple, mango, melon, red apple, red grape/wine, oak, peppercorn, clove, hay, straw, herbal, floral, grass, honey, wheat, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit; with lighter notes of banana, bubblegum, leathery/musty funk, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy bitterness; peppery yeast spiciness; and light Brett/berry tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seeds, lemon, peach, plum, pear, apricot, pineapple, mango, melon, red apple, red grape/wine, oak, peppercorn, clove, hay, straw, herbal, floral, grass, honey, wheat, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, banana, bubblegum, leathery/musty funk, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of blackberries, fruity/spicy/light funky yeast, French oak, and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitter/spiciness, and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness, tart/tangy fruit, and carbonation. Medium-high carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky/acidic/tangy/tannic mouthfeel that is great. Mild increasing warmth of 11.5% after the finish. Overall this is an awesome fruited Biere de Champagne. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of blackberries, fruity/spicy/light funky yeast, French oak, and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV, with the mellowly bitter/spicy/tart/tangy/finish; awesome soft feel for the style. Awesome balance of juicy/jammy berries, Brett Claussenii, and Belgian yeast complexity; with a nice sized wheat/malt backbone, and great French oak presence. Light residual sweetness with lingering crisp dryness. Well attenuated, and not overly sweet/heavy for the ABV. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive spot on style example as expected. Only my second from this style. Not overwhelming on any aspect.