Cuvee Prestige 2006
750ml
$55
France/Belgium
I had this on Saturday night with a few friends and it really split the room. Quite a unique style of beer, made in Belgium in the top fermenting style then taken to France (the Flanders region) to be aged on yeast lees like a champagne. The notes on the bottle don't say how long it spends ageing in their cellars but by the taste I would suspect it was at least 12 months.
On the nose it offers a really heady sweet orange and scents of hay. The yeasty bready notes are really dominant and ou get almost wheaty cardamom smell.
Really fine bubble and if you pour it too quickly it gets a really mean head on it. The palate offers much the same with an almost sour back palate like a Belian gueuze beer.
Not my favourite beer in the world but well worth a try and probably better when matched with food. I'd like to try another vintage to see whether like wine they are vintage varient.
Graham
1 comment:
Good to see there's some Brisbane beer lovers out there with the balls to splash out on a single bottle that's worth more than a carton! I would be very keen to try this - but it has to get in line behind all the other super-premium imports on my list!
Have you guys been attending the Back Alley Beer Club?
http://thirstycritters.com.au/quality-beer-culture-comes-to-brisbane-review-photos-of-the-back-alley-beer-club/
Pete
www.thirstycritters.com.au
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