8.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

2014 750mL bottle, drunk 8/13/16.
Brilliant, deep cherry-red body shows good clarity and a pink head that is well-retained.
Earth, grapeskin, chalk (or very strong minerality, if you will) with great acidity showing both brett and lactic acids. Not "grapey", with the fruit nicely integrated and yet very bright, apparent and intense. Seems like a very good grape for lambic blending, having high acidity and also tons of subtle complexities. Light tannin, black pepper and more plastery minerality on the end with no alcohol or flaw.
Tart acidity in the mouth shows lots of poignant red fruits; grape, raspberry, tart cherry and such. Light lactic acid mixes with very soft fruit juiciness to give a good sweet/sour element. Cherry, mint, pepper and grapeskin all balance the malt/wheat character nicely as tartness is well-controlled on the end, finishing with lip-smacking, tart, juiciness. Very unlike Cantillons other fruit lambics and it strikes me as still quite young, with the grape character, while enjoyable, still a bit forward and needing more time to meld with the lambic. No doubt this should be a knockout for years to come.