Zenne y Frontera (Season 18|19) Blend No. 92
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen in Lot, Flemish Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style Regular|
Score
8.07
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This Zenne y Frontera is a blend of eleven different sherry barrels - ten Oloroso barrels and one Amontillado barrel. The Oloroso bar-rels were more than fourty years old. The lambics originate from four different brews and were all a good year old when filling the sherry barrels. Accordingly, the weighted average age upon bottling was a tad more than 25 months. 100% 3 Fonteinen.
NL 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 jarige en oudere authentieke Oloroso, Amontillado en/of Pedro Ximé-nez sherryvaten. Zenne y Frontera is de perfecte symbiose van enkele koppige karakters, vele wilde ideeën, immens fijne aroma’s en twee mooie streken!EN 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-and-older authentic Oloroso, Amontillado and/or 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!
NL 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 jarige en oudere authentieke Oloroso, Amontillado en/of Pedro Ximé-nez sherryvaten. Zenne y Frontera is de perfecte symbiose van enkele koppige karakters, vele wilde ideeën, immens fijne aroma’s en twee mooie streken!EN 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-and-older authentic Oloroso, Amontillado and/or 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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Zhenya, enormous thanks! Murky dark orange body, off-white head. Fresh brett funk meets candied orange and white grape raisins, lovely, some glue later but it still works. Lean, dry, fresh white grape and citrus funky taste, restrained enough, daringly sour enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2026
at 17:24
9.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle, 5,5 years after bottling. Pours slightly hazy orange, with a small creamy head. Aroma is tart notes of hay, fruity notes of red apples, plums, red berries, citrus and floral brett, as well as funk, notes of leather and wooden barrels. Medium to full body, with very soft carbonation. Flavour is tart fruity notes of plums, red apples, floral brett and funky notes, as well as leafy minerals and wine barrels. Dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2025
at 18:37
7/10
750ml (thx, Nicolai!). After MBCC 2025 spontaneous session for beered out people.
Funky, sherry barrel, some sweetness. On the acidic side.
8☆4☆8☆3☆15》38
Funky, sherry barrel, some sweetness. On the acidic side.
8☆4☆8☆3☆15》38
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2025
at 23:20
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, bottling date 24-07-2019, 6.5%. Color: Slightly hazy orange golden, thin white head. Aroma: Fruity grape, Sherry, some wood. Taste: Over moderate tart, fruity notes of unripe berries, grapes, citrus, Sherry. Wood and tannins. Subtle wild yeast funk. Minerals. Medium body, soft carbonation. Dry mouthfeel. Light sweetness. Getting more balanced and complex, with also a little more Sherry flavors and sweetness, when standing longer and opening up after some rolling. Nice, although I expected a litle more flavors from the Sherry barrels.
Tried
from Bottle
from
3 Fonteinen - Brewery / Shop
on 25 Jan 2025
at 20:13
8.6/10
LCI. Classic 3F ZyF. Big sherry oxidative notes. Dried stone fruit, Woodsy, tart.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2024
at 18:01
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Taster. Orange body, with a small, yellowish head.
Beautiful aroma of horse blanket, sherry, some curry, citrus, stone fruits. Tastes similar.
Medium, slick mouthfeel. Finishes smooth, complex, funky, citric, a bit spicy, a bit wooden, fruity.
Another very beautiful, complex Zenne! Lots of characterful funk, lovely fruit notes and some distinctive spiciness to it. Score: 9 / 4 / 9 / 4 / 17
Beautiful aroma of horse blanket, sherry, some curry, citrus, stone fruits. Tastes similar.
Medium, slick mouthfeel. Finishes smooth, complex, funky, citric, a bit spicy, a bit wooden, fruity.
Another very beautiful, complex Zenne! Lots of characterful funk, lovely fruit notes and some distinctive spiciness to it. Score: 9 / 4 / 9 / 4 / 17
Tried
on 10 Aug 2024
at 22:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
0,75l bottle at home. Bottled 24.07.2019. BB 26.10.2039. amber murky color, tiny small white head. smells nutty, curry, walnuts, wood, earthy, peppery. lovely smell. full body, pearly carbonation. tastes curry, earthy, grassy, spices, peppery, lactic sour. finishes dry and medium sour with notes of curry, grass and peppery notes. very good one, trending towards lactic sourness though, surprisingly bubbly, curry and sherry notes overlayered by the lactic sourness. lacks some funk. very good one overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2023
at 15:03
9/10
Bit low on the carb but delish thick farmy flavor, gorgeous nose, packed with flavor although that comes with a bit of oaky barrel acidity, like young sherry (says the guy who doesn't drink sherry).
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2023
at 18:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is tart, mild apples, wood and earthy tones. Flavour is floral, mild wood, tart tones with some acidity and berries.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2023
at 22:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pour at Brauhaus (Edinburgh), pours a clear bright golden amber with a tiny white head. Aroma is pretty divine, with lots of barnyard funk, complex sherry notes, and oak. Flavour is bone dry and moderately tart, with subdued barnyard funk, lots of sherry, and deep elegance in the depth of flavours. The funk is surprisingly suppressed, while the sherry and moderate tartness shine. Certainly great but honestly it's not amazing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2022
at 16:33