Cantillon Saint Lamvinus 2024 Lambic Fruit Belgium

Technical Details

Tasting Profile

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Cantillon Saint Lamvinus 2024 pours a luminous, lightly hazy ruby-red with crimson highlights and virtually no head — a visual testament to its grape-forward, wine-like identity. The delicate pinkish tint and brilliant clarity invite immediate comparison to a fine natural Burgundy rather than a conventional beer. On the nose, the 2024 vintage is immediately arresting: crushed red grape skins, ripe Merlot fruit, dried rose petals, a whisper of wet barnyard funk, and a faint mineral undercurrent that recalls the terroir of Saint-Émilion and Pomerol, the very vineyards that supply Cantillon’s grapes.

The palate is medium-light in body with a prickly, gentle carbonation that lifts the flavours beautifully. Sweet-tart macerated berry fruit and dark cherry open first, followed by a complex, drying tannic grip and a vinous oakiness from the Bordeaux barrel maceration. Low bitterness yields to a refreshing lactic acidity mid-palate. The finish is long, dry, and deeply satisfying — sour cherry skin, subtle salinity, and an earthy brett note that lingers. Extraordinarily food-friendly and rewarding both young and after years of careful cellaring. View on Untappd: https://untappd.com/b/brasserie-cantillon-saint-lamvinus-2024/5797176

Food Pairing

Cantillon Saint Lamvinus 2024 pairs brilliantly with aged hard cheeses such as Comté or Gruyère de Caves, where the beer’s tannic grape character and lactic acidity cut through the richness and amplify the nutty, crystalline notes. It is equally at home alongside a charcuterie board of cured duck, fig jam, and crusty sourdough — the wine-like profile of this Cantillon Saint Lamvinus 2024 bridging the gap between the cheese course and the sommelier’s glass.

Cantillon Saint Lamvinus (2024)