Domaine de l'Ecu (Guy Bossard)

Invictus Red Blend

9.119 ratings
9.38 pro ratings
Loire Valley, France
Red Blend
Game, Baking Spices, Duck, Goose, Potato, Chili & Hot Spicy, White Rice, Exotic Spices, Pasta, Herbs, Beans & Peas, Onion, Chicken, Pork, Venison, Salami & Prosciutto, Pungent Cheese, Soft Cheese, Mushrooms, Tomato-Based, Turkey, Veal, Hard Cheese
Top Notes For
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Just a great wine. 100% amphorae aged and fermented Cabernet Franc from vineyards in Muscadet. Much more open than last bottle. Gorgeous pure berry fruit. Mid season cherry. Some cassis. Spice. Resin. Almost smells like an e an m Grand Cru. Unreal florals, herbals and spice. Sick nose 9.6 nose. Leather. So complex. Just sick. Just noticed 11.5% alcohol. Deep, tannic and ripe. Big tannins but so elegant and finesse driven. Obvious structure and tannins place all over the mouth. Sappy and barely sweet with immense power and depth. Concentrated tiny berry fruit. Juicy and pure. So long and deep but also has so much more fruit, structure and other good stuff in reserve. So good.

Just a great wine. 100% amphorae aged and fermented Cabernet Franc from vineyards in Muscadet. Much more open than last bottle. Gorgeous pure berry fruit. Mid season cherry. Some cassis. Spice. Resin. Almost smells like an e an m Grand Cru. Unreal florals, herbals and spice. Sick nose 9.6 nose. Leather. So complex. Just sick. Just noticed 11.5% alcohol. Deep, tannic and ripe. Big tannins but so elegant and finesse driven. Obvious structure and tannins place all over the mouth. Sappy and barely sweet with immense power and depth. Concentrated tiny berry fruit. Juicy and pure. So long and deep but also has so much more fruit, structure and other good stuff in reserve. So good.

Feb 12th, 2020
Severn Goodwin

Insane Cabernet Franc! All done in amphorae! Notes later, but wow!!!

Deepest and darkest blackberry flavor I've pretty much ever experienced, throw cherries past your glass as well, light cocoa flavors... Every way you look at this bottle, it's too young. Decanted for 3.5 hours and it was beautiful, looking forward to checking in on this in a year and then 5+ going forward. Wow.

Insane Cabernet Franc! All done in amphorae! Notes later, but wow!!!

Deepest and darkest blackberry flavor I've pretty much ever experienced, throw cherries past your glass as well, light cocoa flavors... Every way you look at this bottle, it's too young. Decanted for 3.5 hours and it was beautiful, looking forward to checking in on this in a year and then 5+ going forward. Wow.

Jul 21st, 2018
Matthew Cohen

Really great cab franc. Juicy. Balanced. Delicious.

Really great cab franc. Juicy. Balanced. Delicious.

1 person found it helpfulAug 28th, 2017
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

This wine is legend. 11.5%, bonkers aromas after 2 hours. Roses like crazy. So much there but wispy a f. Balance is extraordinary. This is the most deep, yet delicate Cabernet Franc I've ever had. It is original as it is delicious. Worth the tariff.

This wine is legend. 11.5%, bonkers aromas after 2 hours. Roses like crazy. So much there but wispy a f. Balance is extraordinary. This is the most deep, yet delicate Cabernet Franc I've ever had. It is original as it is delicious. Worth the tariff.

1 person found it helpfulApr 4th, 2017
Brian McMahon

Sales Polaner Selections

9.4

Brian had this 9 years ago

Brian had this 9 years ago

1 person found it helpfulJul 15th, 2015
Jordi Pazo

Vila. Cata Tintos del Loira. CF 100%. 51,50
22.10.18

Vila. Cata Tintos del Loira. CF 100%. 51,50
22.10.18

Oct 22nd, 2018
Marcio Morelli

Maceração de 8 meses em ânforas.
Sans sulfite ajouté.
1360 garrafas.
11,5% alc
W/ winestache

Maceração de 8 meses em ânforas.
Sans sulfite ajouté.
1360 garrafas.
11,5% alc
W/ winestache

Nov 15th, 2017
Elisabeth Dalton

Funk! Super interesting. Did not love on it's own but with the preserved truffle it really made sense.

Funk! Super interesting. Did not love on it's own but with the preserved truffle it really made sense.

Apr 2nd, 2017
Jackie Smith

Jackie had this 6 years ago

Jackie had this 6 years ago

Mar 11th, 2018
Jeffrey Birkemeier

Sommelier/Beverage Director Casanova Restaurant

9.2

Jeffrey had this 7 years ago

Jeffrey had this 7 years ago

Mar 12th, 2017