From a 75 cl, already somewhat older bottle with cork and muselet, shared with Jan. Opens with a loud bang, but no gushing. Big, thick, rocky, very foamy head, egg-white and leaving a pattern of lacing; hazy peach blonde with warm orangey hue, the ’mist’ being violently perturbed by whirls of stormy effervescence, indeed very reminiscent of champagne that has been shaken in the bottle before pouring. Aroma of rosé champagne, banana and light bubblegum, Sekt, buttercup flowers, soap, margarine, ripe apricot, sweetbread, tulips, warm apple, toast, bread crust, mashed potato, ginger powder. Vivid, mildly estery fruitiness in the mouth, lots of banana ester but not descending into off-putting ’bubblegumminess’, peach, apricot and pineapple notes, ripe pear even, residual white candi sugar sweetness, light sourish balance, strong carbo but strangely not really overcarbonated and still slick, buttery and creamy mouthfeel. Pleasant bready malt sweetness and a lot of ’wheaty soapiness’ in its core, while sweetness and banana- and honeyish flavors linger, yet countered by the dryness that can be expected from a champagne yeast-refermented luxury beer, directing the palate to an earthy, spicy finish with peppery and floral hop notes, late but effective bitterness, lingering soapiness and fruit flavors as well as an indeed cava- or champagne-like aspect and warming, ’jenever’-like alcohol. Better than expected, honestly: this is basically a typical sweet, earthy and malty, Belgian ’banana ester tripel’ in which the champagne yeast added complexity, dryness and crispness. Enjoyed this and I can see this being very suitable as an apéritif. Probably better at this slightly advanced age than really young.

Bottle at Cotteridge wines tasting room; hazy dark red/amber pour with a light pink head, aroma has cherry and a hint of lemon, taste has tart cherry, hint of almond, underlying citrus.

Bottle at Cotteridge wines tasting room; clear yellow pour with a big frothy off white head, aroma has yeast and some lemon grass, taste has sweet caramel, some herbal action, yeast.

Sample. Golden beer medium head. Aroma is yeast citrus fruit hint of honey Taste is the same bitter sweet.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Dame Jeanne Rozat (by Dame Jeanne):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5

17/VI/16 - 75cl bottle from Willems (Grobbendonk) @ home - BB: 1/VIII/17 (2016-657)

Clear deep ruby red to purple pinkish beer, creamy pink head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: fruity, raspberries, bit lemony, yeast. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: slightly sweet start, fruity, sourish, raspberries, yeast, lemony, some tannins. Aftertaste: fruity, slightly sweet, lemony, bitter touch, wood notes. Decent, however crazy expensive! :-( Around 15 - 17 euro's IIRC...

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--- Beer merged from original tick of Dame Jeanne on 15 Feb 2016 at 20:48 - Score: 7

Bottle from Belgiuminabox, shared with Craftmember and his lady in combination with dessert, in which context this beer worked very well; it had a thin, off-pinkish, lacing head and pinkish ruby red colour with hazy appearance. Aroma of lambrusco, rosé champagne, fresh red raspberries, red beetroot, lemon peel, damp earth. Soft raspberry and sour cherry-like acidity at first, bit lemony even, quickly tempered by sweeter fruitiness and a light honey sweetishness under a spritzy, lambrusco-like carbonation; the honeyish malt and fruit sweetness persists but does not become cloying and gets the company of soft acidity and earthy yeastiness in the finish, with even a faraway hop bitterishness. Not my favorite type of beer, but admittedly this has a certain degree of complexity more so than many other top-fermented fruit beers and proves interesting in beer & food-pairing relations.