Domaine Eric Herault

Vieille Vignes Chinon Cabernet Franc

8.810 ratings
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Chinon, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
Cabernet Franc
Exotic Spices, Baking Spices, Hard Cheese, Blue Cheese, Chili & Hot Spicy, Pungent Cheese, Potato, White Rice, Herbs, Tomato-Based, Pasta, Mushrooms, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Salami & Prosciutto, Beef, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Lamb, Turkey, Pork, Duck, Venison
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Austin Hohnke

True Chinon in a riper vintage. Earthy red fruit with graphite and hardly any green character. Nice structure for the price. Lots of sediment, so decant.

True Chinon in a riper vintage. Earthy red fruit with graphite and hardly any green character. Nice structure for the price. Lots of sediment, so decant.

Nov 6th, 2016
Erik Nordman

Trying to drink less on weekdays but it's my birthday eve so fuck it. A pretty solid value, high-QPR Chinon! Definitely quite green and herbaceous but that's no issue for me, personally. Jalapeno oil, red pepper flakes, coriander, blackberry and raspberry sauce, plum skin, pencil shavings, and a bit of funky earth and rose petal. Relatively soft, medium body but kept lively by nice med (+) acid. Med (+) tannin. Would maybe be better with another year or two on it to integrate a bit more but still a solid example of the region and varietal typicity. Kind of like a slightly greener and somewhat less-refined but still quite solid alternative to Bernard Baudry's basic Chinon bottling. Good stuff.

Trying to drink less on weekdays but it's my birthday eve so fuck it. A pretty solid value, high-QPR Chinon! Definitely quite green and herbaceous but that's no issue for me, personally. Jalapeno oil, red pepper flakes, coriander, blackberry and raspberry sauce, plum skin, pencil shavings, and a bit of funky earth and rose petal. Relatively soft, medium body but kept lively by nice med (+) acid. Med (+) tannin. Would maybe be better with another year or two on it to integrate a bit more but still a solid example of the region and varietal typicity. Kind of like a slightly greener and somewhat less-refined but still quite solid alternative to Bernard Baudry's basic Chinon bottling. Good stuff.

Jul 14th, 2016
Olivier Enault

From Panzoult

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Apr 19th, 2014
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