8.8

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Bottle. 3F online. Who’d have thunk it? Pours a hazed, copper gold. Fine white head is fully lasting, and semi lacing. Sat in a Zenne glass, it looks the business. Nose has dried peel. Wood shavings. Dried, floral herb. Suede. Soft, musty funk. Caramelised nuts. It smells like being sat at 3F, really. Taste is tart, and a little dry, with soft, nutty sweetness. Definitely some fruity bitterness here. It’s all there, and really well balanced. Some sharpness on the palate. Stays smooth and fairly rich. Bright carbonation. Tart and sharp fruit on the finish, with the sherry nuttiness keeping it all in check. Beautiful.

9

Yum

9.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle, 750 ml at Miro B's Grande. Shared with him, JFK10000, Zec, Max, Miro and Werckmeister. Hazy orange, white head. Funky, juicy, bit citric, barrel, sherry, complex. Medium sourness.

8.4

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

0,75l bottle at Miro's Grande in Zagreb. Amber murky color, small white head. smells funky, horse blanket, oak, very subtle sherry, bit walnuts. Very nice smell. full body, subtle carbonation. tastes funky, citric, walnuts, subtle oaks, nutty, curry. finishes lightly dry and lightly sour with notes of walnuts, sherry and curry notes. Very nice one, liked this quite a bit better then the #20

8, 8.5, 8.5, 8, 8.5

9.5

Bottled 31/1/2018. After nearly 5 years in the bottle, time to drink this. Turned out to be a lovely and well aged gueuze. Lightly acidic, but not sharp, real oaky, and tons of nice funkyness. The barrels show in a bit of soft fruityness. Damn nice.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Part 2 of the great Zenne Y Frontera tasting. Descriptions limited to the differences.
All batches same colour, save for Solera (Batch 2): No head, peachy-orange veiled beer. Way sharper nose, gooseberry, bit of acetic acid. Taste is sweeter, somewhat I malser /I , unripe peach flavour. Sharp MF, acidthinning and a lot of acidburn. Better carbonated than #3.

8.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Bottle 750ml. corked @ [ Pre-Borefts 2019 Tasting ] - Kermis House - Zaandam, Netherlands.

[ As 3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera Batch 4 Solera - (season 17 - 18) Blend No. 21 ].
ABV: 6.7%. Hazy matt medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy yeasty, barnyard, leather, sherry, ruff, wood, oak. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic with a long duration, barnyard, leather, ruff, oak, wood, stone fruit, sour white sherry wine - ripe fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190926]
8-3-8-4-17

Bottle 750ml. corked @ [ 10K Social Distancing Tasting ] - Guruhso Pavallionen - Grindsted.

[ As 3 Fonteinen Zenne y Frontera Batch 4 Solera - (season 17 - 18) Blend No. 21 ].
ABV: 6.7%. Cloudy medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is wheat, sherry, oak, fruit, barnyard, leather, funk, barrel - oak - sherry. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate acidic with a long duration, tart, sherry, farmyard, funky, oak, tart fruit - ripe fruit, barrel - oak - sherry, . Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200425]
9-3-9-4-19

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

75cl bottle @ Tilquin admin gathering, merci Pierre. Vertical with Blend # 20, 21, 49 & 50.
Dorée présentant un léger voile, col fin blanc.
Arôme est citrique, barrique plaisante, petite touche de feuille verte, pointe de caramel-type Sherry cask, sucre caramélisé revient plus en rétro, avec un côté rappelant le shoe rubber.
Palais est sour citrique marqué, barrique de Sherry pas mal en retrait, sûrement le plus qu les 3 autres versions;
Citrique - sour perdure voire sur acidité marquée, j'attendais plus d'impact de l'Oloroso et du Perdo Ximénez.
A 25€ la bouteille, il y a lieu d'être critique sur certains assemblages - au final, les 2 premiers sortis il y a plusieurs années présentaient nettement plus de complexité.