Cantillon Lambic Vin Jaune
Description
Cantillon Lambic Vin Jaune is a two year old lambic aged in vin jaune barrels. It was bottled in 75cl bottles, and the ABV is currently unconfirmed.
History /Other Notes
Cantillon Lambic Vin Jaune was aged in freshly emptied vin jaune wine barrels from winemaker Stéphane Tissot. Vin Jaune, French for yellow wine, is a wine made in the Jura region of France. The wine is produced from Savagnin grapes that are harvested late in the season. During the aging process for the wine the barrels are not topped off and a film of yeast forms over what remains. The wine is left to age for six years and three months before traditionally being bottled in 62cl bottles.
The Stéphane Tissot barrel used by Cantillon was freshly emptied and uncleaned. Two year old lambic was aged for a period of four months before bottling. In the May 30, 2013 Basic Brewing Radio podcast, Jean Van Roy discusses this beer: [1]
- Normally we clean the barrels completely, but for some special experiments, we use the barrels unclean. and we did it last year with, it’s an old dream i had, was to find good barrels from vin jaune. so vin jaune is this wonderful oxidized wine coming the from the french area, jura, so near the swiss border. And like lambic, those wine perform a pellicle to protect the wine from the air present in the barrel. I keep my beer from 3, sometimes 4 years. To receive the name vin jaune, so yellow wine, they have to keep their wine during at least 6 years and 6 months, if i remember or 8 months . So my friend stefan tissot, a great vin jaune producer, bring last year in february, a barrel, fresh emptied and unclean, with some sediment in the bottom. And we finish the barrel so, without cleaning. And the beer is wonderful.
Unsubstantiated stories
After the first batch was bottled in 2014, subsequent tests have been done with Vin Jaune barrels including adding grapes. New batches are purportedly aging as of 2016.
Bottle Log
| Bottle date
(mm/dd/yyyy) |
Cork Date | Bottle Size | Label / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/26/2014 | 2014 | 750mL | Yellow label, served at CA fundraiser |
