Cuvée De Florian (1996)
Brasserie Cantillon
- From:
- Brasserie Cantillon
- Belgium
- Style:
- Belgian Gueuze
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 98
- Avg:
- 4.61 | pDev: 6.51%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 03, 2018
- Added:
- Apr 26, 2010
- Wants:
- 55
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
98
World-Class
98
World-Class
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
4.42/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
750ml bottle from Jeremy. Pours out a light pink, soft foamy head. Lots of fruit in the aroma, cherries, berries,, some of the yeast comes through as well. More fruit in the taste, gentle tart aspects, not too much pucker. Dries out a bit in the finish, and the sourness lingers. Excellent, as expected....
Feb 26, 2018
Reviewed by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia
4.71/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.71/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Bubbly orange body with a white head. Lovely mineral aroma. Musty, funky, awesomeness. Rubbery, sulphuric, mild acetic note mid to late palate. This has aged gracefully.
Oct 08, 2016
Reviewed by emerge077 from Illinois
4.53/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
"1996" handwritten on the label, the birth year of Florian Van Roy.
Lively bottle, the cork shot out with the corkscrew still in it. Immaculate and pristine, deep saturated orange jewel tone. About the sharpest clarity i’ve ever seen in a beer, it just absolutely sparkles.
Aromas are signature Cantillon, with layers of oxidation that give it a certain unmistakeable old mustiness. The usual lemon and grapefruit citrus notes are present, alongside a briny, almost solvent-like funk.
Taste is bright and citric, very classic Cantillon house character, aged in a time capsule. Lemon and grapefruit citrus, leather, dry dusty oak, mild cidery brininess. Musty cork and bacterial funk. Effervescent and supple at the same time, a light bitterness also lingers.
Overall this vintage stood the test of time well, though it’s important to have a fresher sample on hand to really notice the similarities and differences. 20+ years is a long time to age a bottle, maybe more a novelty than anything. Cheers to Florian Van Roy and the future of Cantillon.
Oct 19, 2014Lively bottle, the cork shot out with the corkscrew still in it. Immaculate and pristine, deep saturated orange jewel tone. About the sharpest clarity i’ve ever seen in a beer, it just absolutely sparkles.
Aromas are signature Cantillon, with layers of oxidation that give it a certain unmistakeable old mustiness. The usual lemon and grapefruit citrus notes are present, alongside a briny, almost solvent-like funk.
Taste is bright and citric, very classic Cantillon house character, aged in a time capsule. Lemon and grapefruit citrus, leather, dry dusty oak, mild cidery brininess. Musty cork and bacterial funk. Effervescent and supple at the same time, a light bitterness also lingers.
Overall this vintage stood the test of time well, though it’s important to have a fresher sample on hand to really notice the similarities and differences. 20+ years is a long time to age a bottle, maybe more a novelty than anything. Cheers to Florian Van Roy and the future of Cantillon.
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