Saint Lamvinus
Brasserie Cantillon

Saint LamvinusSaint Lamvinus
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From:
Brasserie Cantillon
 
Belgium
Style:
Fruit Lambic
Ranked #4
ABV:
7%
Score:
100
Ranked #122
Avg:
4.54 | pDev: 7.49%
Reviews:
513
Ratings:
2,313
Status:
Active
Rated:
Tuesday at 06:29 PM
Added:
Mar 20, 2003
Wants:
  1,423
Gots:
  467
Everyone knows some of our best friends are wine growers from the Libourne region in France, more specifically those who make Saint Emillion and Pomerol. They respect the tradition and let their wine ferment in a natural way.

Fermentation, origin and vintage are still kept up.

Our collaboration resulted in a product uniting the best of their wine and of our beer : the Saint-Lamvinus.

The grapes, of the merlot and cabernet-franc varieties, are soaked in Bordeaux barrels containing two to three years old lambic. The beer is not blended before the bottling. The foam is caused by the addition of a liquor which starts the fermentation.
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Ratings by SportsandJorts:
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Reviewed by SportsandJorts from Virginia

4.61/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Vintage 2013
Appearance: pours the color of really fresh and ripe plum flesh. a finger or so of a white head with good retention and leaving behind a solid lacing. pretty hazy and almost to opaque.

Smell: spicy red wine grapes and oak barrels, fruits from cherries to plums. slight vinegar and funk

Taste: opens with red grapes with a strong and spicy red wine character, the presence of oak red wine barrels are apparent. after the initial red wine comes lots of other fruits, mostly cherry and plum. towards the end a strong funky flavor comes in and mixes with some oak.

Mouthfeel: medium. Super funky. Slight acid.

Overall: another killer sour by Cantillon. the amount of fruit flavor they get in the beers is amazing. also the funkiness is unlike any other breweries and they are the almost at the level of refreshing as berliners and goses
Feb 13, 2015
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Rated: 4.5 by rare_bird from Michigan

Tuesday at 06:29 PM
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Reviewed by ThisWangsChung from Maryland

4.29/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2023 vintage.

4.29/5: The first few sips didn't bowl me over, but it got so much better after half the glass; beautifully nuanced funk, light tartness (at best), and the delicately vinous nature make this an absolute winner
Sunday at 12:00 AM
 
Rated: 4.09 by LunchMoney from Minnesota

Mar 11, 2024
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Rated by moysauce from Illinois

4.5/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Only had the 2015 vintage in 2023. Don't know what this tastes like fresh.
Mar 06, 2024
 
Rated: 4.5 by Juggerr from New York

Feb 11, 2024
 
Rated: 4.6 by smi69 from New York

Jan 24, 2024
 
Rated: 4.29 by Ox8840bo from Illinois

Dec 28, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by Rkitchen from Michigan

Dec 28, 2023
 
Rated: 4.68 by pdonovan16 from Massachusetts

Dec 21, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by BSW from California

Dec 14, 2023
 
Rated: 4.78 by notchucknorris from California

Dec 12, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by jschott75 from Illinois

Oct 01, 2023
 
Rated: 4.62 by Jcoleman4 from Ohio

Aug 31, 2023
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Reviewed by joaopmgoncalves from Portugal

5/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
This was drank almost a week ago, at Vítor Claro's home - the winemaker from Portalegre, behind the Dominó and Claro & Ferreira brands.

Trying to review this from the top of my mind.

Poured from the bottle to a stemmed wine glass.

A: The body is dark purple with a light purple, almost pinkish head. Created a generous foam quantity that lasted quite a while before jumping in.
S: The aroma is actually perfect without any overpowering acidity. It's balanced as it is sweet, savory, and acidic to the right point. It's a great beer only by smelling it.
T: It's the taste of heaven. I think that after Fou'Foune, this might be my favorite Cantillon beer. It's perfectly balanced with the sweet notes from the grain and the grapes embracing quite well the light fruitiness, and very light bitterness of aged hops combined with just the right amount of acidity incoming from Brettanomyces. It's really great with nothing to point to as a downside.
M: Body has just the right feel, being light with the cool effervescence and silky tones from the sweetness you can find in this beer. Bitterness is low. Acidity is mild.
O: As said before, this ranks at the top of my favorite beers. Unbelievably good.
Aug 18, 2023
 
Rated: 4.48 by dan_amdg from Illinois

Aug 11, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by Dgman8053 from New York

Aug 10, 2023
 
Rated: 4.5 by PprBurke from Virginia

Jul 28, 2023
 
Rated: 4.92 by CAcker from California

May 11, 2023
 
Rated: 4.52 by Catalinmunteanu from Romania

May 06, 2023
Saint Lamvinus from Brasserie Cantillon
Beer rating: 100 out of 100 with 2313 ratings