Bottle pour at Arrogant Sour Festival 2024. Hazy red with small white head. Lots of raspberries, some citrus, quite juicy, wood, nice complexity. Medium bodied.

Framboise with locally harvested red raspberries - but this would not be Boerenerf if something else had not been blended in, in this case a portion of redcurrant berries and some cherry lambic... Opens with a bang and a cloud of 'gun smoke', but no gushing. Medium thick, quite firm, sparsely lacing, pale pink-lilac head remaining closed and stable for longer than average and crackling audibly, over a hazy rose red robe with vermillion glow. Aroma of indeed a heap of freshly picked red raspberries, even raspberry bushes, with the fresh redcurrant piercing through very clearly as well, some sour cherry, dry farmland, old wood, lemon juice, sour tomatoes, dried tree leaves, hay, kefir, barnyard in the background. Tart onset, lemony but the most part of the acidity coming from the raspberries and the redcurrants; very lively and colourful, with that typical tomato-ish touch from the raspberries working well with the astringency of the redcurrants - topped with a dash of sour cherry; champagne-like effervescence further accentuates the brightness and freshness of the acids, moving over a deeper lactic tartness through a slender bready core, where raspberry seeds and redcurrant skins become increasingly prominent, with tart, radiantly fruity and astrigent tannic effects matching the basic lambic perfectly. Woodiness supports the tannic parts of the fruit in the end, while barnyard funkiness rises up retronasally, adding to the overall complexity and genuine, artisanal, fresh character of this fruit lambic. An elegant damsel in Boerenerf's still expanding range, this deserves to be served in a flute glass and enjoyed fresh and a bit chilled on a sunny day; do not underestimate her, though, she is full of attitude, pungency and complexity. A beautiful creation again and a must for the true 'framboise' lover, with the added fruits cleverly serving as background reinforcements of the raspberries.

Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Cloudy red. Amazing jammy raspberry, barnyard, oak, sour, juicy.