Zenne y Frontera (Season 17|18) Blend No. 50
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen in Lot, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Unblended Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.48
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Batch 6. Beginning of 2017, we acquired a second set of 21 Oloroso and 7 PX barrels and aged young lambic on them for another year. We lost 4 barrels along the way and we blended 12 barrels for this blend and 12 barrels for batch 5 (blend 49). Average age of over 2,5 years upon release, no backblending. 100% 3 Fonteinen lambic.
3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is een unieke creatie van Armand Debelder en maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. Dit natuurlijke millésime bier is een assemblage van jonge traditionele lambikken die verder gerust hebben op veertig jaar oude authentieke Oloroso en Pedro Ximénez sherryvaten. Zenne y Frontera is de perfecte symbiose van enkele koppige karakters, vele wilde ideeën, immens fijne aroma’s en twee mooie streken.
3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is a unique creation of Armand Debelder and maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. This natural millésime beer is a blend of young traditional lambics that have aged on forty-year old authentic Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. Zenne y Frontera is the perfect symbiosis of a few stubborn characters, a lot of wild ideas, a vast palette of aromas and two beautiful regions
3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is een unieke creatie van Armand Debelder en maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. Dit natuurlijke millésime bier is een assemblage van jonge traditionele lambikken die verder gerust hebben op veertig jaar oude authentieke Oloroso en Pedro Ximénez sherryvaten. Zenne y Frontera is de perfecte symbiose van enkele koppige karakters, vele wilde ideeën, immens fijne aroma’s en twee mooie streken.
3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera is a unique creation of Armand Debelder and maître-sommelier Andy De Brouwer. This natural millésime beer is a blend of young traditional lambics that have aged on forty-year old authentic Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez sherry casks. Zenne y Frontera is the perfect symbiosis of a few stubborn characters, a lot of wild ideas, a vast palette of aromas and two beautiful regions
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
750ml @ Ryan's shared with Farees and Phill (thx for the beer, man!).
Aroma: some funk, noticeable sherry barrels.
Taste: along the same lines, very low carbonation.
Overall: it's good, but wouldn't say it's mind blowing. As per my current experience agter trying multiple of them, I think that this series is very overrated.
Aroma: some funk, noticeable sherry barrels.
Taste: along the same lines, very low carbonation.
Overall: it's good, but wouldn't say it's mind blowing. As per my current experience agter trying multiple of them, I think that this series is very overrated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2026
at 03:11
8.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 9
As blend no 50 17/18 75cl bottle from kihoskh.
earthy leather blanket slightly swet fruity/flowery/malty notes, wild but not crazy wild aroma, great lambic aroma, comes off as mature, settles, aged, yet fresh and sour and tart. flavor is quite sour and tart, very balanced, faint leather and faint wood, citrussy notes, faint maybe hay like notes, barnyard.
has aged very well, i bet it tasted abou the same when it was first sold. perhaps it's more rounded now. none of the bad signs of aging at all. ( tasted may 2026) if i shoud find anything remotely dissapointing it is that it comes off as very slightly watery, but this is not a problem and i was really searching for something to complaint about, it's not something you notice wo looking. great bottle. Was crazy expensive, but value for money nevertheless. It tastes like "well, this is easy to make" truth is it's crazy well balanced and blended.
earthy leather blanket slightly swet fruity/flowery/malty notes, wild but not crazy wild aroma, great lambic aroma, comes off as mature, settles, aged, yet fresh and sour and tart. flavor is quite sour and tart, very balanced, faint leather and faint wood, citrussy notes, faint maybe hay like notes, barnyard.
has aged very well, i bet it tasted abou the same when it was first sold. perhaps it's more rounded now. none of the bad signs of aging at all. ( tasted may 2026) if i shoud find anything remotely dissapointing it is that it comes off as very slightly watery, but this is not a problem and i was really searching for something to complaint about, it's not something you notice wo looking. great bottle. Was crazy expensive, but value for money nevertheless. It tastes like "well, this is easy to make" truth is it's crazy well balanced and blended.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2026
at 16:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a hazy yellow color lambic with a large foamy head with OK retention and some light lacing. Aroma of funky ester with some oak notes and light Xeres notes. Taste is also a mix of funky ester with some Xeres notes and oak/woody notes with some tart notes. Body is about full for style with good carbonation. Nice lambic with a good level of complexity but I would have liked the Xeres notes to be more present.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2024
at 18:55
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
11.10.2020: 0,75l from bottle at home shard by me. yellow lightly hazy color, only tiny small head. smells funk, citric, horse radish, wood, not much sherry. nice smell. full body, light carbonation. tastes citric, grassy, horse radish, some wod, some funk, some blue cheese. finishes dry and light to medium sour with notes of funk, horse radish and some wood. nice one, good geuze, sherry not very noticeable, good stuff but expected more. lots of other better geuze out there. 7, 4, 7, 3, 16
Rerate 14.01.2023: 0,75l bottle at Miro's Grande in Zagreb. Yellow murky color, small white head. smells sherry notes, ripe fruits, walnuts. Very love smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes nutty, walnuts, sherry, earthy. finishes dry and light to medium sour with notes of walnuts, sherry and curry notes. Very nice one, like this a lot better then previous times
8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5
Rerate 14.01.2023: 0,75l bottle at Miro's Grande in Zagreb. Yellow murky color, small white head. smells sherry notes, ripe fruits, walnuts. Very love smell. full body, soft carbonation. tastes nutty, walnuts, sherry, earthy. finishes dry and light to medium sour with notes of walnuts, sherry and curry notes. Very nice one, like this a lot better then previous times
8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2023
at 18:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml bottle, shared by Werckmeister, thanks! Amber, moderate hazy body, with almost no head.
Aroma of horse blanket, wood, moderate sherry, moderate spices, some citrus, some honey, some red apple. Tastes quite similar, with more sweet, vinous notes and more green apple.
Medium, slightly oily mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation. Finishes smooth, vinous, moderate wooden, moderate funky, with green apple, slight honey.
Tasty. Very smooth and balanced, with a lovely mix of funk, sweet sherry notes and sourish fruits. Not my favorite Zenne, but another beautiful one. Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 16
Aroma of horse blanket, wood, moderate sherry, moderate spices, some citrus, some honey, some red apple. Tastes quite similar, with more sweet, vinous notes and more green apple.
Medium, slightly oily mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation. Finishes smooth, vinous, moderate wooden, moderate funky, with green apple, slight honey.
Tasty. Very smooth and balanced, with a lovely mix of funk, sweet sherry notes and sourish fruits. Not my favorite Zenne, but another beautiful one. Score: 8 / 4 / 8 / 4 / 16
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2020
at 22:00
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle 750ml. @ [ 10K Social Distancing Tasting ] - Guruhso Pavallionen - Grindsted.
[ As 3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera Batch 6 - (season 17 - 18) Blend No. 50 ].
ABV: 6.9%. Murky medium orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, tart, sherry, funk, wood, barnyard, leather, oak, stone fruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, wheat, tart, sherry, dry, oak, funky, sherry - white sherry, citrusy - stone fruit, barnyard, leather. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200425]
9-3-9-4-18
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2020
at 15:54