For this Druif, we used Dornfelder grapes from Wijndomein Hoenshof in Hoepertingen, Haspengouw region, Flanders. Dornfelder is a dark-skinned variety, originally from Germany. We co-fermented lambic with freshly-pressed-shortly-skin-macerated Dornfelder grape juice in an oak foeder. We let it sit for four months and blended the grape lambic with some fresh lambic wort for the “prise de mousse” in the bottle. The final fruit intensity is 51,7% of grape juice per litre of Druif Dornfelder. 100% 3 fonteinen.
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen is a traditional lambic brewery and geuze blender that has been going for three generations. The family business was nearly ruined when a faulty air conditioner caused their whole cellar of beers to explode