Starting to emerge from its shell, this is still tight and needs decanting, but with air and time is very delicious. Cranberry, raspberry, dried roses, olive tapenade, currant, tobacco, graphite, clove, nutmeg. More to come. I’ll save my remaining bottles for another couple years. Better 2024+ is my best guess.
Starting to emerge from its shell, this is still tight and needs decanting, but with air and time is very delicious. Cranberry, raspberry, dried roses, olive tapenade, currant, tobacco, graphite, clove, nutmeg. More to come. I’ll save my remaining bottles for another couple years. Better 2024+ is my best guess.
Nov 14th, 2021
Excellent showing. Great concentration and mid palate presence. Long finish
Excellent showing. Great concentration and mid palate presence. Long finish
Jul 23rd, 2021
Fresh, racy, nuanced, and striking. Ripe aromas and flavors of blackberry, plum, olive and spice throughout, with very fine, whispery tannins, and so much finesse. It’s incredibly drinkable right now and has decades before it. One of my favorite wines of the tasting. (Jason Wilson, Vinous, July 2020)
Fresh, racy, nuanced, and striking. Ripe aromas and flavors of blackberry, plum, olive and spice throughout, with very fine, whispery tannins, and so much finesse. It’s incredibly drinkable right now and has decades before it. One of my favorite wines of the tasting. (Jason Wilson, Vinous, July 2020)
Jul 16th, 2020
That’s the jam right there
That’s the jam right there
Jan 27th, 2019
Cabernet Franc like few can make, luscious without green.
Cabernet Franc like few can make, luscious without green.
Oct 13th, 2018Extremely fine and wellstructured tannines. Animalness while at the same time round enough to compensate for the greeness of the cab franc. An outstanding wine
Extremely fine and wellstructured tannines. Animalness while at the same time round enough to compensate for the greeness of the cab franc. An outstanding wine
Oct 13th, 2018
One sniff of the glass tells you you’re in the Loire Valley. Green pepper, herbs and tobacco resonate. Precise and silky on the palate . The only thing that tempered my enthusiasm was the level of complexity was not at the level this producer is known for. Perhaps more time is needed.
One sniff of the glass tells you you’re in the Loire Valley. Green pepper, herbs and tobacco resonate. Precise and silky on the palate . The only thing that tempered my enthusiasm was the level of complexity was not at the level this producer is known for. Perhaps more time is needed.
Oct 2nd, 2018
Iron, pencil shavings, wild berry, earthy spice, wet stone, great acid. Probably the best most expressive/focused cab franc I’ve ever had. Just got better and better as it opened. Thanks Doug!
Iron, pencil shavings, wild berry, earthy spice, wet stone, great acid. Probably the best most expressive/focused cab franc I’ve ever had. Just got better and better as it opened. Thanks Doug!
Sep 14th, 2018
Still young but incredible stuff. Purity that is perhaps unmatched.
Still young but incredible stuff. Purity that is perhaps unmatched.
Sep 7th, 2018
When Clos Rougeard is a touch bretty, it is still a beauty.
When Clos Rougeard is a touch bretty, it is still a beauty.
Mar 19th, 2018
Saumur-Champigny, Anjou-Saumur, Loire Valley, France
