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Glorious. Delightfully floral, fruity, typical cab franc notes. Touches of cocoa, toasted almond, herbs, and a real soulful tartness. Truly a wine of balance, with all the complexity of the grape but also delicious now. This will evolve I’m sure but hard to beat how it is today.
Glorious. Delightfully floral, fruity, typical cab franc notes. Touches of cocoa, toasted almond, herbs, and a real soulful tartness. Truly a wine of balance, with all the complexity of the grape but also delicious now. This will evolve I’m sure but hard to beat how it is today.
Nice food wine. A little more acid than most this vintage but nice red fruits. Please decant. Spicy curry or Thai food is best. There was a small glass the next day and I swear it smelled and tasted like raspberry fruit roll ups and cherry pixie sticks. TBL
Nice food wine. A little more acid than most this vintage but nice red fruits. Please decant. Spicy curry or Thai food is best. There was a small glass the next day and I swear it smelled and tasted like raspberry fruit roll ups and cherry pixie sticks. TBL
Super aromas. Mesmerizing. Herbal, cassis, light cherry, mineral and so so lifting. Super complex and so transparent. Sweet fruit on the palate, so nimble, elegant and mineral. This just floats and has a Burgundian sensibility. So balanced and wowza pure. Ripe and super elegant tannins. Superb. Has more to say.
Super aromas. Mesmerizing. Herbal, cassis, light cherry, mineral and so so lifting. Super complex and so transparent. Sweet fruit on the palate, so nimble, elegant and mineral. This just floats and has a Burgundian sensibility. So balanced and wowza pure. Ripe and super elegant tannins. Superb. Has more to say.
This year I’m working through the small back-vintage grip of these Thierry Germain wines I’ve been sitting on for a bit. Notes are pretty consistent across the board for the reds: they require a couple hours of air to properly open up, and then even then they are quite reserved. However, they are exceedingly elegant and varietally accurate. Perfectly balanced. Nice wines, I wonder if I’m opening them too early?
This year I’m working through the small back-vintage grip of these Thierry Germain wines I’ve been sitting on for a bit. Notes are pretty consistent across the board for the reds: they require a couple hours of air to properly open up, and then even then they are quite reserved. However, they are exceedingly elegant and varietally accurate. Perfectly balanced. Nice wines, I wonder if I’m opening them too early?
Unreal nose. Quiet yet clean. On fleek. Super berry but also a hint of Cab Franc hebaciousness. Smells like right bank Bordeaux from the 80’s. So on. Palate has loads of sweet fruit and lively acidity and a lovely mineral spine. Such a great mouthfeel. Lithe yet packed. Very elegant and finishes so mineral.
Unreal nose. Quiet yet clean. On fleek. Super berry but also a hint of Cab Franc hebaciousness. Smells like right bank Bordeaux from the 80’s. So on. Palate has loads of sweet fruit and lively acidity and a lovely mineral spine. Such a great mouthfeel. Lithe yet packed. Very elegant and finishes so mineral.
Green aromas to start: mint, field herbs and black pepper and, as this blossoms, violets, black currants and moss emerge. Concentrated, silky palate. Great, but seems like this is still a baby. Expecting it to gain a lot with age.
Green aromas to start: mint, field herbs and black pepper and, as this blossoms, violets, black currants and moss emerge. Concentrated, silky palate. Great, but seems like this is still a baby. Expecting it to gain a lot with age.
Wow. What a nose. Smokey and super leathery. Age has done a number on this. Black cherry fruit, blackberry fruit, amazing purity and cleanliness to the aromas. Palate is so refined and juicy with amazing purity and soft, supple tannins. Elegant with impressive fruit concentration, with a small berry fruit intensity but also slathered with minerals and rocks. So fresh and energetic and everything is so well integrated. Utterly divine. Age only makes these so much better. What length and a perfectly dissipating finish.
Wow. What a nose. Smokey and super leathery. Age has done a number on this. Black cherry fruit, blackberry fruit, amazing purity and cleanliness to the aromas. Palate is so refined and juicy with amazing purity and soft, supple tannins. Elegant with impressive fruit concentration, with a small berry fruit intensity but also slathered with minerals and rocks. So fresh and energetic and everything is so well integrated. Utterly divine. Age only makes these so much better. What length and a perfectly dissipating finish.
Saumur, Anjou-Saumur, Loire Valley, France
