2021 Bieres de Chimay S.A. Chimay Bleue

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  5/6/2023 - Brews&Drams wrote: 92 Points

  APPEARANCE: The liquid portion is hazel with a tinge of golden yellow in color and moderately opaque while the head is moderate creamy white foam comprised of very fine bubbles.
  
  NOSE: Sour dough with plenty malt and new yeast, slight fruitiness in the order of underripe peaches and plums, with some impressions of slightly rancid apple cider and a touch of floral elements.
  
  PALATE: Rich, medium to full-bodied, lithe, fresh and clean.
  
  FLAVORS: Fresh dough with plenty of malt and yeast, mild fruit-inflection but still very primary along with certain nondescript characteristics that I associate with the youthfulness of Belgium Trappist brews.
  
  OVERALL IMPRESSIONS: A refreshing treat with lots of fresh yeasty malty characteristics but very young at the moment. Will have to revisit after 2-3 years or so, perhaps by then more complex characteristics will begin to emerge.

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  4/7/2022 - penguinoid Likes this wine:

  Rich, with some sweetness balanced by the hoppy bitterness. Malt, caramelised brown sugar, plum jam, slightly medicinal and with hints of liquorice. Full bodied. Lovely! 9% alcohol.

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  10/7/2021 - Henman Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Full bodied, smooth, off-dry to sweetish, showing subtle malt, a bit of plummy jam, chocolate and a hint of mineral/licorice on the slightly hot finish. Excellent stuff!

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