Oude Pinot Noir Tilquin a L'Ancienne (75cl, 8.2%)

Oude Pinot Noir Tilquin à L'Ancienne is a Belgian spontaneous fermentation beer blending aged lambic with organic Pinot Noir grapes, bottled at 8.2% ABV in a 750ml format. It is produced by Gueuzerie Tilquin in Bierghes, Wallonia. The blendery acquires wort and young lambic from Boon, Lindemans, Girardin and Cantillon, then ages and blends one-, two- and three-year-old lambics. For this expression, 260 grams of organic Pinot Noir grapes per litre of lambic are added from the Valentin Zusslin Estate in Steinseltz, Alsace. The final beer is unfiltered, unpasteurised and refermented in the bottle. Grape must, tart red fruit and oak lead the aroma, with mild barnyard funk. The palate is sharply tart, with red grape skin, cranberry, currant and farmhouse funk, plus mild woody bitterness. The finish is bone-dry, light in body, with tart cranberry and faint tannic grip.