Château de la Grille

Chinon Cabernet Franc

8.861 ratings

8.98 pro ratings

Chinon, Touraine, Loire Valley, France

Cabernet Franc

Exotic Spices, Baking Spices, Hard Cheese, Blue Cheese, Chili & Hot Spicy, Pungent Cheese, Potato, White Rice, Herbs, Tomato-Based, Pasta, Mushrooms, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Salami & Prosciutto, Beef, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Lamb, Turkey, Pork, Duck, Venison

Top Notes For

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2006, is just starting to lose its youthfull hardness, many plums and some vanilla. Decanted it five hours before partnering it with saddle of hare. #loveit #chinon

Vintage 2006, is just starting to lose its youthfull hardness, many plums and some vanilla. Decanted it five hours before partnering it with saddle of hare. #loveit #chinon

Nov 21st, 2015

Will Burkholder

Owner Fine Wine Dump

9.1

Thx for sharing Leitch family!

Thx for sharing Leitch family!

Oct 25th, 2015

Maxence Guilluy

9.0

Grilled red fruits 2007

Grilled red fruits 2007

Sep 24th, 2015

Kyle Doucet-Walter

8.3

Didn't wow me.

Didn't wow me.

Oct 27th, 2014

Maxence Guilluy

8.7

Soft, red cherry, tence, tannins

Soft, red cherry, tence, tannins

Sep 23rd, 2013

Centura Churchill

9.1

Beautiful bouquet of cherries and cinnamon.

Beautiful bouquet of cherries and cinnamon.

Feb 12th, 2019

8.9

Plums, cherry. Nice.

Plums, cherry. Nice.

Sep 23rd, 2018

8.4

A bit past it's prime. Nice dry red though ;)

A bit past it's prime. Nice dry red though ;)

Apr 29th, 2017

Fabian Kühlhorn

8.7

Druvtypisk men med lite övervikt mot det gröna paprika-hållet.

Druvtypisk men med lite övervikt mot det gröna paprika-hållet.

Apr 23rd, 2016

8.9

Svartvinbärsblad, örter, kryddor.

Svartvinbärsblad, örter, kryddor.

Apr 23rd, 2016