Speling van het Lot Xi.v: Pruim: Conducta + Opal
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen

The reviews from Craft's 3f tasting just keep pouring in. Once again, plum lambic is in the house. I remember when St. James was like, the first plum lambic I ever had, then Tilquin, and well, here we are.

This one comes in solidly in the amber color category, and has a more respectable head formation and retention. Smells of vitamins, stone fruit like character, french oak and lemon sourness.

The taste and mouthfeel reveal what seems like the strongest body, alcohol, sourness and acidity of all the plum lambic varietals we tasted. So I mean, if you're into having the biggest things, this might be for you. These not purple plums come off very stone fruit apricot/peach/nectarine for me. Because of the acidity on it, it seemed to take on a light citric impression at times. Still a good lambic, high score for the least liked one of the three plum ones I had.

This one almost had a bottle count that reached 1000. Almost.

A 750ml corked and caged bottle, blend°24, season 19/20, bottle 673/969, bottled on 15th January 2020, and with a best before date of 26th October 2040. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.

Appearance: A hazy golden orange colour with a just under one finger white head that dissipated quickly to a thin cap while leaving only sparse lacing.

Aroma: Plum, plum skin, minerals, with light notes of lemon zest, leather and funk.

Taste: Sour, tart, plum, apricot, lemon, oak, and light funk.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with moderate to soft carbonation.

Overall: There was nice plum notes, but the sour intensity and lemon flavours in this Conducta + Opal was higher than other plum varietals I tried recently, and I preferred both Sultana and especially Reine Claude D’Oullins more.