Cantillon Carignan
2yo lambic from the P19 barrel, using 200kgs of Carignan grapes.
4.1
186 reviews
Brussels, Belgium
Community reviews
Bottle (at the source). Pours red with pinkish head. Aroma is sour, fruity, grapes, vinegar, funk. Flavor is sour, grapes, fruits, raspberries, vinegar. Finish is sour and fruity. Overall: great.
Bottle share in Cantillon Brewery. Cherry red slightly hazy beer with no head. Nose is Volcanic minerals, red wine, raspberry, strawberry, cherry, grape juice. Soft and delicate on the palate, nice strawberry, light tart and spritzy, quite carbonated, lightly sweet and only lightly sour and tart.
750ml bottle at brewery. Pours clear red, small white head. Aroma is very fryity, lots of red berries, redcurrant, raspberry, grapes, even hints of strawberry. Taste is fruity, tart, lots of red grapes, grassy. Medium body, average carbonation. Smooth and really complex. My fav grape lambic so far.
Bottle. Pours a deep red color with a small white head. Has a fruity sour tart funky cherry grape aroma. Fruity sour tart woody grape flavor. Has a fruity sour tart woody funky cherry grape finish.
Score: 8 / 4 / 9 / 4 / 17 - - Draught at Arrogant Sour Festival 2018.
Deep ruby body, with a big fluffy, off-white head.
Aroma of funk, green apples, unripe pears, red grapes, wine, moderate wood, some horse blanket.
Tastes very lovely, quite similar, with more smooth red grapes.
Medium, slick mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation.
Finishes dry, wooden, moderate vinous, with green apples, funk, citrus, some horse blanket.
Very tasty! Funky and vinous, elegant and very smooth to drink. Greatly balanced, with a well dosed sourness and lovely barrel notes throughout. Delicious stuff, propably my favourite grape Lambic by Cantillon so far.
0,15l from tap at Arrogant Sour Fest. Purple hazy colour, small pink head. Smells earthy, musty, grapes, red wine, citric, green apples. Very nice smell. Medium body, no carbonation, slick mouthfeel. Tastes citric, earthy, leathery, peppery, grape notes, heavy / scratchy wood. Finishes rather dry and light to medium sour with notes of red wine, wood and earthy notes. Very nice one. A bit harsh from the grape / wood notes
8, 4, 8, 3, 16
Rerate from Bottle at Muted Horn. purple / bourdeaux like color, small pink head. smells musty, citric, grassy, wood, earthy, some grape notes. very nice smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes earthy, citric, grape notes, wood, light spices, red wine notes, grassy, some light marzipan. finishes dry and light to medium sour with notes of grapes, citrus and some marzipann. lovely, loved this a lot more than the first time around (from tap)
8, 4, 9, 4, 18
Clear red body. Intense red fruit aroma. Moderately sour, lightly sweet flavour. Very well balanced.
01-05-18 // tap at Moeder Lambic Fontainas. Hazy juicy dark red. Small white head. Damn juicy, grape juice, seems to be very young, excellently drinking.
75cl bottle in basket, bottled 18 October2017. Very dark pinkish red floor, hazy, light pink foamy head. Red wine grapes indeed, quite sweet vinous on top of kriek-like acidity and funk, earthy and dry. Lingering aftertaste. Good body, medium carbonation, soft mouthfeel. Had it after a Lou Pepe Kriek, but it's still good...
It is closer to the grape juice than to lambic. Vert light and fresh with little tart or wooden feel. Nice.
Bottle at Cantillon. Deep crimson color, pink head. Sour taste with berries, grapes, vinegar, wheat, a bit of tart, red currant and earthy notes. Sour finish with berries, grapes, a bit of oak, vinegar, earthy notes and a bit of tart. Excellent lambic.
750ml bottle at the brewery, pours an only purple with a creamy ring of pinky head. Nose is also inky, very grapey, jammy, some stinky berry patch, you gotta dig but then you can find some horsey funk. Flavor is well balanced, red grape, some black and blueberry, a little rose wine, there's some ruby red grapefruit at the end. Thinner than their other work, soft.
Bottle @ Himmeriget. Pours ruby red with no head. Red grape juice, red currant, cherries, ripe fruit. Medium body and average carbonation.
Pours dark currant with low purple head. Aromas has light tart notes of red grape juice, cracked garden branch, red currant, some over ripe fruits. Taste has very nice light tart notes of grape must, red currant , green apples, cracked garden branch,. Crisp yet sweet , medium bodied, almost no bitterness, low carbonation.
Pours cloudy deep ruby with a finger of pink head. Aroma of raspberries, red grapes, light cherries, red berries. Taste is tarty and funky, bit of barnyard and hay, rich grape notes, some berries, lightly sweet finish. Light and crisp yet smooth body with soft to average carbonation.
Pours a deep burgundy red with a medium foamy pink head. Aromas of black currants, blackberries, sour notes, slight cherries and light dank cellar. Taste is very fruity and quite sour. Loads of dark red fruit and quite some oak as well. Mouthfeel is dry and tart yet very smooth as well. Very good.
Bottle @ The Brewery.
Pours a deep red, almost purple with a big off pink head and nice lacing on the glass.
The aroma is big funk and big fruit... lots of barnyard, the citrusy component is there but it's reasonably muted allowing for the grapes to do their thing, strawberry, blackberry, mild wood. Very cool.
The flavor is sour but honestly fairly soft it has a beautiful fruit expression & some mild tannic notes. The lemon zest thing is certainly happening and there are some soft woody flavors as well. Quite dry with some mild bitterness and a pleasant blackberry thing throughout.
very nice beer.
Sampled from 75cl bottle at Cantillon. A slightly hazy purple red beer with a small off-white head. Aroma of red berries, beetroot, tart fruits. Taste of tart raspberries, cherries, lactic fruits, beetroot, dry sourish fruity finish.
Bottle @ Cantillon. Hazy deep red pour with a small pink head. Heavy fruity & funky nose with tons of almost overripe dark grapes, cracker malts, lemon juice, hay, minerals, wood & a hint of chocolate even. Very port wine like. Tiny sweet, slightly sour, heavy fruity & slightly funky taste. Slightly dry, tart & tiny berry skin astringent mouthfeel. Lovely soft & complex grape lambic. Heavy port wine like fruit character. Incredibly rich & tasty.
Pours dark red / ruby with small pink head.
Aroma has sour red grapes, lemon, really funky, hay, barnyard.
Taste is red grapes, lemon, some sweetness, very funky, sour and with a dry finish.
23/09/2017 - 25cl glass @Moeder Lambiek Fountains. Murky red, brown with purple hue. Nice foamy head. Nose is sour, berries, wine. Taste is sour, berries, grapes, dry wine, aspects of "Oud Bruin", some oak, damn complex, probably the best Cantillon I had so far.
En fût à la Soirée des Brasseurs 2017. Couleur mauve-rose, opaque avec mousse rosée. Au nez, plein de petits fruits, framboises, mûres, arômes de vin. En bouche, belle texture, plein de fruits, un peu de barrique, vineuse, acidité modérée. C’est sublime, goûteux et unique.
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En fût à la Soirée des Brasseurs 2017. Robe pourpre et trouble surmontée d’un épais col de mousse blanc-rosée. Arômes de cerise, framboise, un peu fromagée, une dose de sucre résiduel, petit côté vineux très fruité. En bouche, une tonne de fruits rouges, vin rouge boisé et épicé, légère acidité beaucoup moins importante que dans les Cantillon d’entrée de gamme, ce qui meplait bien, amertume feuillue, tanins de cerise noire. Texture juteuse/vineuse, corps moyen. Excellente.
Bottle at Cantillon, split 3 ways with the wife and Mike (bytemesis), cheers! Pours a deep ruby/purple with a tiny off-white head. Very little lace. Aromas are vinous with wet oak, signature Cantillon funk, horse blanket, light musty basement, light hay. Taste is bold wine grapes (Carignan), very vinous, light acid, soft mouthfeel despite a lower carb. Lots of juicy grape notes, light sweet grape juice, light hay, light acid. Finishes juicy, lightly sweet, medium tart and medium dry brett. Delicious!
Bottle at Cantillon Brewery, Brussels. Red with pinkish head. The aroma has notes of red grapes, strawberry, yogurt and syrup. Sweetish and sourish flavor with notes of red grapes, strawberry, syrup and lemon. Soft carbonation, medium-bodied.
Bottle @ the brewery, shared with Tom; Thanks! Dark red colour, white foam. Nose of grapes, lots of berries, funk, basement. Taste is sweet juicy with lots of funk, lambic notes. Also rather bitter notes. Very well balanced. Very nice fruit gueuze.
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Bottle at the brewery. Pink-red color with a pink head. Splendid aroma of grapes, funk and tropical fruits. Flavors of grapes, lemon, strawberries, oak. Medium-bodied, smooth. Great.
Bottle - Soft red fruit and light vinous notes. Bit of dried meat as well. Deep red with a decent white head. Vinous notes up front and nice red fruit. Acidic and nice.