A whiff of animal - fois gras like - the pretty decayed strawberry - cherry - hugely complex and persistent on a minor scale. IPOB folk should take note - you don't have to suffer Pinot to find balance that rules! At a fraction of the price!
A whiff of animal - fois gras like - the pretty decayed strawberry - cherry - hugely complex and persistent on a minor scale. IPOB folk should take note - you don't have to suffer Pinot to find balance that rules! At a fraction of the price!
Apr 18th, 20152007 - sur bois aromatics with dried herb and strawberry, cedar and graphite - dense middle - lots of length - impressive.
2007 - sur bois aromatics with dried herb and strawberry, cedar and graphite - dense middle - lots of length - impressive.
Apr 18th, 2015Wow - great purity and youth - total 'Cravant' dusty chalk structure with a pure beam of franc mouthwatering fruit of cherry and yellow plum just scratch of wet cement in the finish. Very poised wine.
Wow - great purity and youth - total 'Cravant' dusty chalk structure with a pure beam of franc mouthwatering fruit of cherry and yellow plum just scratch of wet cement in the finish. Very poised wine.
Apr 18th, 2015
Good, with nice balance and weight, but the tannins were so creamy that they threw me right off track from the appellation.
Good, with nice balance and weight, but the tannins were so creamy that they threw me right off track from the appellation.
Feb 6th, 2015
Good blinder.
Mar 6th, 2014
Did someone shave pencil lead in my glass with a piece of flint? But very delicately?
Did someone shave pencil lead in my glass with a piece of flint? But very delicately?
Feb 26th, 2014
A wooly gamey animal bathing in a spiced grape juice
A wooly gamey animal bathing in a spiced grape juice
Mar 6th, 2020
Better after aeration
Feb 14th, 2016
Cabernet franc at its best. Perfect age '05
Cabernet franc at its best. Perfect age '05
Feb 5th, 2016
Toned down cab franc, some zip, decomposing soil, animal.
Toned down cab franc, some zip, decomposing soil, animal.
Jan 25th, 2016
Chinon, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
