L'Ambigu (Amber)
Antidoot - Wilde Fermenten

 

2019 bottle. White head. Color is a slightly cloudy golden color, first pour was clear I think.

These blends are great. I like the Riesling a lot better. This is more beer forward than wine forward and thus much easier drinking. Still very wine like, white grapes, oak, tannins, some fruit zest. Crisp, red apples. Faint cider notes. I’d still say this drinks like a wine, just not at the level the Riesling does. An amazing blend and drinks easy enough to solo.

 

Antidoot Wilde Fermenten L‘Ambigu (amber)

Pours a clouded golden-yellow color with a smaller, noisy head, vanishing immediately after pouring.

Smells of wet earth, apple peel and feet smashed grapes, inheriting a floral sweetness. This has got a light muscat and leather interplay going on, topped off by a note of citrus peel and vanilla.

Has a well carbonated, soft and vivid mouthfeel with a refreshing effervescence at the back end, making this quite refreshing, while showcasing the medium body of this in all its many nuances.

Tastes of mashed white grapes, muscat and prominent wild honey among lime zest and blue cheese. Got a mineralic middle part, which enriches the complexity of the grapes in this quite well, adding cloves and lighter black pepper. Finishes fruity with an elegant, balancing dryness, bringing peaches, quince and fresh plucked dates among maintaining honey and a pleasant tartness.

Very complex and well done wine / beer hybrid, reminding me a lot of a more complex Vigneronne with a better pronounced white grape presence. The grape variety in this sets of an impressive range of flavors, which gets perfectly entangled into the tart, funky foundation of the beer in this, creating a sweet, fruity, spicy and tart refreshment.