Les Terrasses Chinon Cabernet Franc

Fresh, false effervescence out of the bottle that blows off with air. Not particularly green, not particularly fruity.

Délicieux, gourmand à fond, grande buvabilité

2nd go around with this wine. Great cab franc earthy/irony character. Oven roasted chicken went great.

Deep color, med bodied, raspberry, iron, pencil shavings and nice acid. Great with some simply prepared chicken.

Not a bad Whole Foods buy. I’m admittedly not generally a Cab F fan but here’s the thing I love about French wines: they tastes how their AOC sounds. Chinon sounds silky and and a bit flirty but with a tiny bit of a cold shoulder. French model who has seen it all. It has silk and berries and sashays past you smelling decadent but you talk to them and they answer you in curt single syllable words, but you don’t mind since, well, this is Chinon. It hints a glamour and depth and enfolds into that not-rude-but-not-warm green-ness. It is pretty (in my experience thus far) typical Chinon.

lusty, funky cab franc. if you find yourself turned off by green pepper extracted cab franc this is for you. no green here. stoney berries, sage, farm.

organic, no sulfur, delicious

Roses and dead leaves. Perfumed Ina delicate manner.

Enjoyed during Superbowl with homemade pizza. Less green bell pepper than I personally prefer, but nice wine.

Velvet seaweed