Domaine Les Chesnaies (Béatrice et Pascal Lambert)

La Croix Boissée Chinon Cabernet Franc

9.26 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

9.3

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

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

8.9

Solid at chez

Solid at chez

Oct 10th, 2020

9.0

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

9.5

James had this 9 years ago

James had this 9 years ago

Apr 17th, 2017

9.0

P had this 10 years ago

P had this 10 years ago

May 16th, 2016