Oude Quetsche Tilquin à L'Ancienne (37.5cl, 6.4%)

A spontaneously fermented Belgian fruit lambic made with fresh purple plums, from Gueuzerie Tilquin in Wallonia. Destoned fresh purple plums are macerated in young lambic at 260 grams of fruit per litre, then blended with aged lambic and refermented in the bottle. The nose opens with plum brandy perfume, sweet-tart stone fruit, oak, barnyard funk and lemon zest. The palate is tart and fruit-forward with ripe purple plum, then oaky funk and a sweet-sour interplay, with lemon and broader stone fruit and slight dryness from plum skins. The finish carries tart plum and gentle tannic quality from the fruit skins, with light to moderate carbonation and lingering funk and citrus.