Jason Huggins

8.9

Fantastic Cabernet Franc — 6 days ago

Roberto Carli

9.4

Opened a great wine at the wrong time. Clocking at 35yo, like a wise grandpa it has wisdom to share but only talks when it’s quiet. Right after opening it has a mix of ripe, evolved pyrazines but with an hour or so the black olives are there in your face like in cote rotie, with a touch of their brine but without the VA you would expect. dried black fruit makes an appearance, even a medium bodied texture (!!!) which already isn’t Chinon’s strength and fine tannins still with some good grip, leading to a bright lingering acidity. Of course it can’t stay too long in the glass as the age shows some fragility. Still, it delivers — 2 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2017 | Gave it an hour in decanter. Warm, spicy, comforting Cabernet Franc. Paired with Cantonese beef and mango. — 2 months ago

Alan Snitow

9.2

Better day 2 — 3 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Bright medium ruby , perhaps a little more ruby on the rim than the Clos de la Dioterie . More sweetly fruited , with more red fruits than dark , spiced cherry , strawberry, raspberry , rose , roast red pepper, cranberry. Quite rounded tannin , balanced acidity . On the palate mixed summer fruits with strawberry , red cherry with good density, quite juicy but well balanced . Roasted pepper , spicy cherry , wet slate infused finish with medium length. This probably will improve over the next 5 or so years and last well a further 5-8 — 2 months ago

Stuart Pollack

9.7

Beautiful Cabernet Franc—very complex. Leather, tar, and earth. — 2 months ago

Ben Allee

9.0

Fairly dry, mellow, rich and velvety but balanced — 3 months ago

Lauren Golanty

9.0

All you’d want in a chinon - earthy, minerals, heft. Great with food. Yum. — a month ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.2

Bright medium ruby with quite thin ruby , garnet rim . Quite closed with sweet cassis , touch of clove and ash , violet , dark cherry , wet stone . On the palate more of the cassis and spicy blackberry notes , dark cherry , but mineral and saline also , touch of slate , tobacco . Quite lean and refreshing, balanced alcohol . Quite high acidity and grippy tannin . Good mineral and cassis tinged finish . Elegant and refined . Needs a bit of time , will probably improve over the next 5-8 years and will last well a further 10 or so . — 2 months ago

Jason Huggins

9.2

Easy drinking and very good! — 2 months ago