Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera (Season 17|18) Blend No. 50

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
ABV: 6.9% IBU: - Ticks: 39
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
 

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7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8.5
75cl bottle @ Tilquin admin gathering, merci Pierre. Vertical with Blend # 20, 21, 49 & 50.
Dorée sur un léger voile, col blanc léger.
Arôme et semble être le meilleur batch testé ce soir, retrouve un excellent bouquet de Sherry avec un petit côté caramélisé qui penche presque sur des effluves oxydées. Pointes de lambic et boisé percent en retrait.
Palais est citrique voire acidulé, lambic sur une sécheresse de fin de bouche marquée. Le Sherry est bien là et semble bien balancé apportant un caractère Sherry caramélisé-noix.
Au final, 4 versions, toutes ayant un caractère particulier qui justifie des entrées différentes - en conclusion, ma préférence va à cette version mais continue de pencher sur le tout premier batch de Zenne.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2020 at 16:20

8.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
Bottle shared at the Beau London tasting 11/03/2020. Many thanks to Daniel Osprey for this one. A hazed deep orange coloured pour with a halo of white head. Aroma is rubber, smoked apricot, green chive, . Flavour is composed of semi sweet, dirty apricot, rubber, apricot, funk, horsey, layered funk. , orange rind. . . Palate is semi sweet, spicy , dry, moderate carbonation. Exceptional.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2020 at 22:20

8.6/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at L6. Thanks to Dan. Pours hazy orange with no head. Aroma is orange, funk, wine and oak. Taste is funky, cheese, apricot, orange, rubber. A little smoke. Fantastic!
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2020 at 11:44

8.8/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Bottle shared in London - big thanks to Dan. Pours unclear orange-gold with a creamy white head. Lovely peach, nectarine, moderate funk, pale wood, nips of grassy medium bodied with delicate carbonation. Clean, quenching finish, more tangy citrus, lemon, peach. Superb.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2020 at 09:19

9/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
Bottle shared at the Beau in London tasting, last group tasting for 7 months - who knew, thanks to Daniel 11/03/20. Hazed orange with a decent off white cap that veers to the edge of the glass. Nose is funk, damp alleyway, crisp citric zest, sherry nip, bitter orange, grandads shed. Taste comprises damp wood, funk, vinous, green berry must, sherry twang, earthy, barnyard tones, apricot, manure, pissy twang. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close cloaked with funk and mellow barrel tones. Top level shizzle.
Tried on 11 Mar 2020 at 00:00

8.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
750ml bottle @ Pien, Helsinki. Dry, vinous and funky yeasty with hints of sherry, oak, gueuze sourness, wood and earthiness. A lot more dry and sour than batch 5. Still nicely balanced and complex.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Feb 2020 at 14:40

9/10
Tart, funky, dry, as expected. Some lemon (not Pledge) and something cidery. Acidic and musty. There's a lot going on here.
Tried on 27 Feb 2020 at 19:58


9.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 10 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Bottled at Pressklubben, Stockholm. Hazy golden, no head - just a touch darker than Batch 5. Intense barnyard aroma, some oak. Acetic with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel, low carbonation. Oaky port meets citrus, citric acid and barnyard. Complex and intense. World class deluxe!
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2020 at 19:54

8.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Tried on 16 Jan 2020 at 16:12