Domaine de la Chevalerie

Bretêche Cabernet Franc

8.937 ratings
9.012 pro ratings
Bourgueil, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
Cabernet Franc
Top Notes For
Josh Morgenthau

Quite good. Black pepper, very tart fruits, some barnyard, complex acid, chalky tannins. Reminiscent of cool climate syrah.

Feels young still. Not giving much pleasure yet and likely won’t in the first 10 years.

Quite good. Black pepper, very tart fruits, some barnyard, complex acid, chalky tannins. Reminiscent of cool climate syrah.

Feels young still. Not giving much pleasure yet and likely won’t in the first 10 years.

Dec 28th, 2021
Olivia Ragni

Clean cab franc, beautiful violets and earth

Clean cab franc, beautiful violets and earth

Jan 29th, 2015
Christoph Raffelt

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7.0

Wet cardboard in the nose, dull, kirschwasser, tired, green

Wet cardboard in the nose, dull, kirschwasser, tired, green

Jun 16th, 2013
Michal Rosenn

dust and pepper, tart red fruit. lovely

dust and pepper, tart red fruit. lovely

Aug 24th, 2023
Arai Buendia

Def need to age, perfect pairing with red and fatty meat. Earthier and more mineral notes

Def need to age, perfect pairing with red and fatty meat. Earthier and more mineral notes

Jun 18th, 2022
Ray S
8.6

One of the bottles from a recent Old World vs New World cab francs. Clean but not very well balanced. Reminds me of the pencil sharpener in grade school. I’ve been wanting to try more from Loire Valley but this just didn’t do it for me.

One of the bottles from a recent Old World vs New World cab francs. Clean but not very well balanced. Reminds me of the pencil sharpener in grade school. I’ve been wanting to try more from Loire Valley but this just didn’t do it for me.

Mar 3rd, 2021
Sophia Bush

Red fruit, pepper. A little young...

Red fruit, pepper. A little young...

May 28th, 2020
Xavi

Very distinctive start and finish. Fruity acid start that mellows down into slight oakiness.

Very distinctive start and finish. Fruity acid start that mellows down into slight oakiness.

Jun 22nd, 2019
Dylan D

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Apr 3rd, 2019
Pooneet K

Nice Cab Franc from Bourgeil. Quite earthy and a bit of game to accompany dark fruit blackberry on the nose. Medium body and tannins, medium acid, a bit rustic on the finish. Nice wine.

Nice Cab Franc from Bourgeil. Quite earthy and a bit of game to accompany dark fruit blackberry on the nose. Medium body and tannins, medium acid, a bit rustic on the finish. Nice wine.

Oct 13th, 2018