| Description: | bottling date: 09/01/2020 • blend nr. 18 • bottle count: 454
After a first run of grape based Spelingen from their 2018
harvest, and overwhelmed by the results, we continued
experimenting with the grapes from Ghislain Houben and
his son Jeroen from Hoenshof, Hoepertingen near Sint-
Truiden, Limbug province, Belgium. For this Speling van
het Lot, we macerated 250 kilos of Muscaris must for
almost four months on an oak barrel. We bottled the grape
lambic straight from the barrel to the bottle without any
additional young lambic blended into it. Consequently, the
final fruit intensity is 658 grams of grapes per liter of Druif.
The lambics originate from 1 barrel and two different brews.
100% 3 Fonteinen. Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen "Speling van het
Lot" (Twist of Fate) is a series of small batch experimental
brews, barrel maturations, fruit macerations and blends.
This 10th version features a range of macerations in oak
barrels of grapes, grape must and grape juice on lambic of
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen. The inspiration for these grape
lambics comes forth from our love for high quality (natural)
wines and our respect for wineries with vision. Add to that
the creativity of a passionate team and the warm
encounters with winemakers-friends, and the idea for a
grape lambic series was born. Besides, it is a continuation
of what Armand has done long before with macerations of
Pinot, Chardonnay and Malvasia varieties...
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