Cantillon Menu Pineau: Difference between revisions

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Description

Menu Pineau is a grape lambic made with 300 g/L of Menu Pineau grape from the Loire region of France. This is the same region as for the Pineau d’Aunis grape. Menu Pineau grapes are also known as Arbois or Petit Pineau, and are known for their low acidity and often used to soften high acidity wines.^[1]

History / Other Notes

For Zwanze 2011, Cantillon blended different batches of lambic with Menu Pineau and Pineau d’Aunis grapes. In 2016, bottles of the original Menu Pineau began appearing for on-site consumption at the brewery in very limited numbers.

New batches of Menu Pineau were produced in 2018 and 2019. The 2019 vintage was released in to go packs in May of 2020, after the brewery reopened following the COVID-19 shutdown.

Bottle Log

Bottle Date	Cork Date	Bottle Size	Label / Notes	Photo
09/xx/2009	2009	750 mL	White label with Menu Pineau and bottling date printed on it.	-
10/30/2018	Season 18/19	750 mL	Du Lambic dans les vignes
11/19/2019	Seaosn 19/20	750 mL	Du Lambic dans les vignes

Photos

References

↑ Menu Pineau Grapes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbois_%28grape%29

← Cantillon

[wikiarboise-1] Menu Pineau Grapes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbois_%28grape%29

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-[[File: Cantillon-MenuPineau.jpg|right|200px|Cantillon Menu Pineau]]
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 [[Brasserie Cantillon#Beers|← Cantillon]]
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 == Description ==
-The Menu Pineau is minor grape from the Loire region of France.  This is the same region as the [[Cantillon Pinot D'Aunis|Pineau d’Aunis]] grape. Menu Pineau grapes are also known as Arbois or Petit Pineau.  They are known for their low acidity and often used to soften high acidity wines.  <ref name=wikiarboise>Menu Pineau Grapes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbois_%28grape%29</ref>
+Menu Pineau is a grape lambic made with 300 g/L of Menu Pineau grape from the Loire region of France.  This is the same region as for the [[Cantillon Pinot d'Aunis|Pineau d’Aunis]] grape. Menu Pineau grapes are also known as Arbois or Petit Pineau, and are known for their low acidity and often used to soften high acidity wines.<ref name=wikiarboise>Menu Pineau Grapes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbois_%28grape%29</ref>
-For Zwanze 2011, Cantillon brewed test batches of lambic with Menu Pineau and Pineau d’Aunis grapes.  Because Menu Pineau was not selected, it has never been sold commercially and was not publicly released.
+==History / Other Notes==
+For [[Cantillon_Zwanze_2011|Zwanze 2011]], Cantillon blended different batches of lambic with Menu Pineau and Pineau d’Aunis grapes.  In 2016, bottles of the original Menu Pineau began appearing for on-site consumption at the brewery in very limited numbers.
+New batches of Menu Pineau were produced in 2018 and 2019. The 2019 vintage was released in to go packs in May of 2020, after the brewery reopened following the COVID-19 shutdown.
 ==Bottle Log==
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+! Bottle Date
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+! Photo
+|-
+| 09/xx/2009||2009|| 750 mL|| White label with Menu Pineau and bottling date printed on it.||-
+|-
+| 10/30/2018||Season 18/19||750 mL|| Du Lambic dans les vignes  ||[[File:Cantillon Menu Pineau 30 Oct 2018.jpg|frameless|50px]]
 |-
-| 2010
+| 11/19/2019||Seaosn 19/20||750 mL||Du Lambic dans les vignes  ||[[File:Cantillon Menu Pineau 19 Nov 2019.jpg|frameless|50px]]
-| 750mL
-| Unlabeled bottles
 |-
 |}
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-== References ==
-<references />
 == Photos ==
 <gallery>
+File:Cantillon Menu Pineau.jpg
 File:CantillonMenuPineau-1.jpg
+File:Cantillon-MenuPineau.jpg
 </gallery>
+== References ==
+<references />
 [[Brasserie Cantillon#Beers|← Cantillon]]