Saumur-Champigny Cabernet Franc

Gosh this is good. So transparent and well made. Incredible value if you can find it.

We really enjoyed this. Went well with steak tartare at Angele in Napa. Good floral Franc with blue fruits and nice soft tannins.

Super joyful if a little more extracted than necessary. Fun, almost carbonic purple fruit on the nose. Palate had great concentration for an entry level wine. Not insignificant tannins and this should benefit from a few years, but also drinking great now.

What a knockout. Lovely, medium weight wine with bunches of tart black summer fruits, juicy, sapid expression on the palate and purple florals; violets, lavender, some licorice, black currant, a hint of ginger candy, subtle tannins and a beautiful sweetness on the finish. Cab franc that drinks like a cool climate cab sauv.

There‘s a nice note of used paperback within the mineral profile here, otherwise this is all comforting red fruits and spice. Elegant, but with deceptive structure and tannin, this could use some time to unfurl.

Another great value from this producer, this is obviously young and tight, but enjoyable nonetheless. Red fruit, tomato leaf and tobacco with a mineral spine and herbal finish. Good with food.

A little tightly wound, great purity and almost dark profile with that black/blue fruit and bitter spice. Fresh and edgy acid, a textural red that deserves food to let it shine

Beautifully floral, peppery, and loaded with sweet red berries.

With intense aromas of violets and ripe black cherries, this followed through on the palate with a smoothly integrated black pepper note, all with a medium body, plenty of acidity, and only a touch of tannin to carry this, I imagine, with a very wide variety of foods. In other words: an awesome find.

So much funk at first, we weren't sure the bottle would recover. Took 20 minutes for the sulfides to blow off, revealing a mass of brambly fresh fruit , lead, and tons of concentration. Saved the bottle because it was that interesting.