CLAC!
Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Lambic Style - Fruit Special|
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8.05
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Cantillon CLAC (Trois Cépages) is a blend of 2- and 3-year old lambics with Cinsault, Alicante, and Carignan grapes. It is bottled in 75cl bottles and made its debut in 2020. The fruit concentration is 300 grams per liter of lambic.
The acronym CLAC stands for Cinsault, Lambic, Alicante, and Carignan, denoting the three grape varieties (trois cépages) and is the first Cantillon lambic to contain a blend of three different grapes. According to the brewery, each of the grape varieties were macerated separately and then blended together.
The acronym CLAC stands for Cinsault, Lambic, Alicante, and Carignan, denoting the three grape varieties (trois cépages) and is the first Cantillon lambic to contain a blend of three different grapes. According to the brewery, each of the grape varieties were macerated separately and then blended together.
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9/10
Cantillon tasting. Sour, tart, fruity, vinous. Nice red grapes, some sweetness, finishes dry. Excellent.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2021
at 14:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Moeder Lambic Fontainas - Zwanze day 2021.
Couleur pourpre, col fin blanc.
Arôme présente une belle effluve fruitée de raisins - cépages regroupant divers apports - cerise cuite, noix, branche cassée, pruneau - rétro marqué par les lambics.
Palais est marqué par les divers cépages - avec un retrait rappelant le noyau de cerise noire, raisin, aigreur marquée, pruneaux, diverses baies et un léger funk - citrique qui perdure - le tout sur une petite sécheresse des lambics.
Couleur pourpre, col fin blanc.
Arôme présente une belle effluve fruitée de raisins - cépages regroupant divers apports - cerise cuite, noix, branche cassée, pruneau - rétro marqué par les lambics.
Palais est marqué par les divers cépages - avec un retrait rappelant le noyau de cerise noire, raisin, aigreur marquée, pruneaux, diverses baies et un léger funk - citrique qui perdure - le tout sur une petite sécheresse des lambics.
Tried
from Draft
at
Moeder Lambic Fontainas
on 05 Oct 2021
at 08:06
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
0,75l from bottle at the brewery. Reddish color, small white head. Smells grapes, red wine, berry notes, light sweet current notes, light tannins, parfumy. Lovely smell. Full body, soft carbonation. Tastes grapes, tannins, red wine, spices, peppery, oak, spices. Finishes dry and light to medium sour notes of grapes, tannins and spices. Very lovely
9,4,8, 4,18
9,4,8, 4,18
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2021
at 18:50
9/10
Well balanced, grape forward. Matured well
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 02 Sep 2021
at 15:45
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle at Cantillon. Pours a dark ruby with small pinkish white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is strong grape, berry, apple, funk, oak, floral. Medium body, grape, berry, citrus, oak, light funk, nice tartness, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2021
at 08:54
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
One of Cantillon's many new grape lambics, this one containing Alicante, Cinsault and Carignan grapes - hence 'CLAC', an acronym for Cinsault, Lambic, Alicante, and Carignan. Bottle shared by Johan at Cantillon, cheers! Moussy, dense but slowly opening, pinkish-white head on a misty ruby red robe with vermillion glow. Aroma of grape skins and grape seeds more than actual grape flesh but certainly a lot of grape juice and dry red wine as well, halfripe plum, moist old wood, cherry kernels, wild apples, grape seed oil, touch Bretty horseblanket but not too strong, wet leather, very old dry sherry. Very 'grapey' onset, a wealth of grapes indeed, with strong grape skin and seed tannins roughening the inherent juiciness a bit and working together with an unripe stonefruit- and red berry-like acidity; minerally undertone but somewhat more 'masked' by the sheer grape presence than in some other contemporary Cantillon fruit lambics. Supple bready core strongly dried by both the fruit's tannins and the lambic's own lemony sourness; dry and astringent red wine effect throughout, dominating the finish especially when this woodiness comes in. Dry, red-fruity, astringent but very full and vinous grape lambic, complex, bold and sophisticated - neatly fitting in the tradition of Cantillon's finest grape lambics throughout the years.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2021
at 17:57
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
14/VIII/21 - 75cl bottle, shared @ Cantillon brewery (Brussels), BB: n/a, bottled: 22/XI/19 (2021-792) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!
Clear deep ruby red beer, small creamy white to light pink head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very aromatic, bit weird, funky, some tannins, cheesy smell, definitely not the best. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sourish, dry, some tannins, some vinegar, acidic touch. Aftertaste: dry, some tannins, red fruits, grapes, vinegar, dusty touch, little dirty, red wine. Not my favorite at all…
Clear deep ruby red beer, small creamy white to light pink head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very aromatic, bit weird, funky, some tannins, cheesy smell, definitely not the best. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty sourish, dry, some tannins, some vinegar, acidic touch. Aftertaste: dry, some tannins, red fruits, grapes, vinegar, dusty touch, little dirty, red wine. Not my favorite at all…
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 14 Aug 2021
at 10:15
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle, 750 ml at Cantillon. 2019 vintage. Shared with Miro B and Hrvoje. Purple with small white head. Intensive grapes, funk, very juicy, bit tannic, soft texture. Medium+ sourness.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Brasserie Cantillon
on 10 Aug 2021
at 05:55
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Hazy ruby color with white head. Aroma is a bit actimel, red grapes, yoghurt, just mild funk. Taste is nicely peppery, tannic, a bit juicy grapes. Rather dry finish, low carbonation. Nice one, but the smell is a bit too milky for me. The actimel goes away after a little while, then it is really good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2021
at 10:34
8/10
Marjane, hapu, viinamarjane, tummine, magus, kuiv, suht happeline, viinamarjavarred. Hea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jul 2021
at 16:07