Todd Scurci

9.5

#pastis #chinon #cabfranc — a year ago

with Annie

Todd Scurci

9.0

#chinon #stissinghouse — 3 years ago

with Annie

Vasanth Balakrishnan

8.9

I’ve been anticipating my first #chinon taste. This wine started out tight - right after pouring you get a pronounced meaty nose which opens up to floral and subtle vegetal notes and laid back dark fruit. Plenty of acidity on the palate, reserved red fruit, leather, dried violets finishing with structured tannins. Fantastic wine to have with food, but also delicious by itself. — 6 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2008 / Light #chinon / second day lovely red fruit and soooo drinkable / completely vital — 8 years ago

Armin Pfleiderer

9.1

Pop!
#cabfranc #chinon #pop #loire — 8 years ago

Todd Scurci

8.8

#chinon #memphis — 8 years ago

Eric Newhouse

8.8

If you listen carefully, it still has a quiet #cabfranc song to sing. #loire #chinon #joguet — 8 years ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

8.8

Nice value #chinon - more modern, not as rustic and funky, muted dark fruit, less bell pepper notes (which I happen to love from #cabernetfranc) so a wider appeal style here with balance and weight on the tongue. #costcowines — a year ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.3

My favorite #chinon yet. Black fruit, distinctive Jalapeño jam and bell pepper notes, faint violet. Beautifully balanced velvety palate, long mineral finish. Superb pairing with Provençal pork with black garlic and hazelnut vinaigrette. — 4 years ago

Vanessa

9.0

Deep ruby hue with fuchsia rim. Medium tearing. Nose is complex with notes of stewed strawberry and rhubarb, cherry preserves, fresh mint, lemongrass, coriander, ginger, and delicate leather notes. Medium acidity, fresh raspberry and strawberry and crushed gravel notes on the palate. #chinon #cabernetfranc #touraine #lespenséesdepallus #bertrandsourdais #domainedepallus — 7 years ago

with Deked1

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2014 / True to type #Chinon, perhaps a bit stubborn at the moment in taste, with archetypical #cabernetfranc taste, combination of red fruit, minerals, flint. — 8 years ago

Todd Scurci

9.2

#chinon #upland — 8 years ago

with Jason, Annie and 1 other

Chip Hughes

9.0

Outstanding effort in a notoriously tough year. Softens after a day open into cranberry/raspberry fruit, admirable sappiness (as opposed to green veggies), wrapper leaf and good concentration. Textbook basic Chinon! #chinon #cabernetfranc — 8 years ago

Todd Scurci

8.8

#parcelle #chinon #cabfranc — a year ago

with Annie

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.0

Captivating #chinon #cheninblanc - green apple, fresh herbs, rounded honey notes. QPR not that high up there for $30 but a lovely wine. — 3 years ago

Vasanth Balakrishnan

9.1

Fantastic, classic #chinon - savory, subtle crushed black/blue fruit compote nose, characteristic #cabernetfranc green pepper and violet notes. Gushing acidity on palate, touch of cocoa, velvety tannins. This may be one of the most verstatile food pairing wines but just as enjoyable as a night cap. — 5 years ago

Chip Hughes

9.2

Why you don’t even bother opening Chinon Blanc until it’s had a few years in the bottle. What was simple, raw and mean in its youth is now becoming a fresh, focused and pure expression of bone dry Chenin. Fantastic. #gasnier #cheninblanc #chinon — 8 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Domaine Christian Charbonnier a Crouzilles / vintage 2005 from magnum / #chinon that aged wonderfull, typical #cabernetfranc harshness that has softened., a nose with flint expressiveness, milkchocolate. Smooth taste without tannins. Fine wine. True to type. #loirewine — 8 years ago

Charles (Chad) Bucklin

Owner and founder of C. T. Bucklin Wine Advising

8.4

Good concentration. From acid and tannins. Medium complexity. Fine length. Needs food! #chinon #loirevalley #cabernetfranc #ctbucklinwine — 8 years ago

Zachary Price

8.7

Whelp, sorry I’ve neglected you, my fellow winos - I realize now that the wine journey must continue! This is a Cabernet Franc that I had picked up to complete a blind Cab Franc tasting that was unfortunately blindsided by a family cold - nevertheless, it was drunk tonight!

This is a French, Loire Valley, Cabernet Franc - an old world classic. This one is from Chinon, (North of Bordeaux, south of Paris), which unlike the majority of the Loire Valley, produces mainly red wines. Structurally grown on limestone beds, the wines tend to be alkaline and sometimes tannic yielding to wines better drunk young than cellared for decades. Domaine de Beauséjour is a bed and breakfast winery, producing ~120k bottle a year, all Cabernet Franc. This bottle was picked up at the local PCC. Enjoyed with some quesadillas! ~$20 | #cabfranc #chinon #frenchfriday

On the eyes: Deep ruby, pinking out at the edges, med+ concentration, bright, med tears, no gas, floc present (a bit hazy).

On the nose: floral and a tinge of citrus (think citron peel), herbaceous (think thyme) brought together with rhubarb, and currants, med alcohol.

On the tongue: Med+ tannin, Med+ acid, med alcohol, tight. Tart cherry, red currants, hints of tobacco, finished with a clean mineralty. Would benefit from decanting and drinking with food - a serviceable table wine. — 9 years ago