Domaine Les Chesnaies (Béatrice et Pascal Lambert)

La Croix Boissée Chinon Cabernet Franc

9.013 ratings
9.32 pro ratings
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
Top Notes For
Sean Nelson

Bigger than most Chinons I know. Bit of funk on the nose, just the right amount of oak. Beautiful.

Bigger than most Chinons I know. Bit of funk on the nose, just the right amount of oak. Beautiful.

Mar 13th, 2016
Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.4

2012 vintage - dense black berry/cherry pie with a sweet graphite lick to it, ripe, dense and hella inviting, gorgeous, only and deep, sweet plum and icing sugar, über!
Such full, rich, pure and characterful black fruit, plush but present tannin, if there is anything that lets this down a touch it could crank up the acid a touch but his is beautiful and will only get better

2012 vintage - dense black berry/cherry pie with a sweet graphite lick to it, ripe, dense and hella inviting, gorgeous, only and deep, sweet plum and icing sugar, über!
Such full, rich, pure and characterful black fruit, plush but present tannin, if there is anything that lets this down a touch it could crank up the acid a touch but his is beautiful and will only get better

Oct 18th, 2015
Dan H
8.9

Solid at chez

Solid at chez

Oct 10th, 2020
Tooty Frooty

Trevlig, generöst med smak för näsa och mun. Godizgruva ju längre botten du kommer. Småpartierna

Trevlig, generöst med smak för näsa och mun. Godizgruva ju längre botten du kommer. Småpartierna

Apr 21st, 2019
Geoff Earl

Big and bold. Very nice oak edge.

Big and bold. Very nice oak edge.

Aug 9th, 2018
Melissa Villalpando

Just got engaged and this wine is delicious!!

Just got engaged and this wine is delicious!!

Jun 3rd, 2017
Tom Hoffman

If you like sucking wine through used bandaids this is the wine for you! If you don't care for medicinal odor and bandaid flavors please move along.

If you like sucking wine through used bandaids this is the wine for you! If you don't care for medicinal odor and bandaid flavors please move along.

Jan 23rd, 2017
David McCabe

David had this 9 years ago

David had this 9 years ago

Apr 3rd, 2016
Erika Lilja

Erika had this 6 years ago

Erika had this 6 years ago

Oct 4th, 2018
Alexander Hudson

Alexander had this 7 years ago

Alexander had this 7 years ago

Jan 7th, 2018