Domaine de la Chevalerie
Bretêche Cabernet Franc
Bourgueil, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
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.
dust and pepper, tart red fruit. lovely
dust and pepper, tart red fruit. lovely
Aug 24th, 2023
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
Red fruit, pepper. A little young...
Red fruit, pepper. A little young...
May 28th, 2020
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
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