Château Franc-Mayne
Saint-Emilion Red Bordeaux Blend
St. Émilion, Libournais, Bordeaux, France
It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!
Pretty color of dark ruby with a wide reddish rim.
Strong fruity nose with black fruits, cedar, chocolates, earth, tobacco leaf and herbs.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with black currants, plums, cooked cherries, spices, oak, licorice, light vanilla, dark coffee, tobacco leaf, earth and dark chocolates.
Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.
This 11 year old Merlot from Saint Emilion is starting to show some age, but still feels very fresh. Rich and fruit forward. Elegant and smooth.
Drinking beautifully now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years. Complex and well balanced.
Good by itself as a sipping wine, or with food.
A blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. Aged in (50% new) French Oak barrels for 16 months.
13.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$50 (current vintage).
It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!
Pretty color of dark ruby with a wide reddish rim.
Strong fruity nose with black fruits, cedar, chocolates, earth, tobacco leaf and herbs.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with black currants, plums, cooked cherries, spices, oak, licorice, light vanilla, dark coffee, tobacco leaf, earth and dark chocolates.
Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.
This 11 year old Merlot from Saint Emilion is starting to show some age, but still feels very fresh. Rich and fruit forward. Elegant and smooth.
Drinking beautifully now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years. Complex and well balanced.
Good by itself as a sipping wine, or with food.
A blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc. Aged in (50% new) French Oak barrels for 16 months.
13.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$50 (current vintage).
Really excellent right bank. Firm tannins. Big fruit.
Really excellent right bank. Firm tannins. Big fruit.
Jul 29th, 2022
The 2016 Franc-Mayne has a detailed bouquet of blackberry, wild strawberry and floral (rose petal) aromas that gain intensity with just a few swirls of the glass. Very sensual! The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins and well-judged acidity, tightening up toward the finish but delivering plenty of substance and body. This seems to have gained the persistence that I was looking for 12 months ago. Great potential. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, August 2020)
The 2016 Franc-Mayne has a detailed bouquet of blackberry, wild strawberry and floral (rose petal) aromas that gain intensity with just a few swirls of the glass. Very sensual! The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins and well-judged acidity, tightening up toward the finish but delivering plenty of substance and body. This seems to have gained the persistence that I was looking for 12 months ago. Great potential. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, August 2020)
Medium ruby; medium plus intensity aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, forest floor, old wood; dry, medium acid, medium plus tannins, medium alcohol, medium plus body, medium intensity flavors consistent with aromas; medium finish
Medium ruby; medium plus intensity aromas of ripe plum, black cherry, forest floor, old wood; dry, medium acid, medium plus tannins, medium alcohol, medium plus body, medium intensity flavors consistent with aromas; medium finish
Jan 20th, 2020
Tuesday evening and the wine I have chosen tonight is the 2015 Château Franc Mayne St. Emilion. I picked this wine up last week and wanted to try it last week but things came up that I had to attend to. This wine is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernat Franc, a very typical Right Bank Bordeaux.
On the nose there a notes of black cherry, blackberry, ripe plum, black currant charred oak and wet gravel.
On the palate are beautiful notes of, black cherry, blackberry, boysenberry, black currant, bell pepper and wet crushed rock.
This is a complex medium to full bodied wine with medium acidity and mesium+ fine mouth coating tannins that leads to a long fresh dark fruit finish. A beautiful week is ahead and we ha a lot of people that won't know what to do with themselves. Have a wonderful week ahead, just remember to keep yourselves safe. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷
Tuesday evening and the wine I have chosen tonight is the 2015 Château Franc Mayne St. Emilion. I picked this wine up last week and wanted to try it last week but things came up that I had to attend to. This wine is 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernat Franc, a very typical Right Bank Bordeaux.
On the nose there a notes of black cherry, blackberry, ripe plum, black currant charred oak and wet gravel.
On the palate are beautiful notes of, black cherry, blackberry, boysenberry, black currant, bell pepper and wet crushed rock.
This is a complex medium to full bodied wine with medium acidity and mesium+ fine mouth coating tannins that leads to a long fresh dark fruit finish. A beautiful week is ahead and we ha a lot of people that won't know what to do with themselves. Have a wonderful week ahead, just remember to keep yourselves safe. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷
A delicious Merlot blend that I purchased today at Chateau Franc Maybe. The nose carries aromas of Chocolate, and earth. The mouthfeel is rich and luscious, tannins have subsided and a delicious pairing with Beef Wellington
A delicious Merlot blend that I purchased today at Chateau Franc Maybe. The nose carries aromas of Chocolate, and earth. The mouthfeel is rich and luscious, tannins have subsided and a delicious pairing with Beef Wellington
Aug 11th, 2018
If you'd a taste of true Saint Emilion style and class, this is your ticket to ride. From one of the more recent great #Bordeaux vintages, this bottle of Chateau Franc Mayne over delivers at the unassuming price of $45, you simply cannot get this quality from California in that same price range, a brilliant canvas of taunt tannins, painted w/ blackberries, dry earth, and ripe dark plums, and slightly dry taste of the skin. Decant an hour B4, it evolves w/ air. The finish is long and lasting. Purchased wine.
If you'd a taste of true Saint Emilion style and class, this is your ticket to ride. From one of the more recent great #Bordeaux vintages, this bottle of Chateau Franc Mayne over delivers at the unassuming price of $45, you simply cannot get this quality from California in that same price range, a brilliant canvas of taunt tannins, painted w/ blackberries, dry earth, and ripe dark plums, and slightly dry taste of the skin. Decant an hour B4, it evolves w/ air. The finish is long and lasting. Purchased wine.
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Super big dry tannins and oak use. Dark fruits and chocolate.
Super big dry tannins and oak use. Dark fruits and chocolate.
Apr 7th, 2016