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Messanges Chinon Cabernet Franc Rosé

9.012 ratings
9.07 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
Matt

Perennial favorite, always very well made, clean, complex, terroir driven and affordable. Bordeaux varietal rosé is not my thing normally and usually swill IMO, but this always carries textural depth, keen acid and loads of savory undertones below its mouthwatering, pithy rubyred grapefruit character. Crushed with roast chicken, grilled little gems, and Ceasar

Perennial favorite, always very well made, clean, complex, terroir driven and affordable. Bordeaux varietal rosé is not my thing normally and usually swill IMO, but this always carries textural depth, keen acid and loads of savory undertones below its mouthwatering, pithy rubyred grapefruit character. Crushed with roast chicken, grilled little gems, and Ceasar

Jun 19th, 2019
Severn Goodwin

Going out early tomorrow morning to see the transition of the birdlife at one of our treasured, local reserves, so I'm hoping this will bring some luck for good sightings. Last bottle 😕

Color is like salmon-copper, amazing.

Nose has dried orange peel, fresh cranberry and raspberry juice.

Palate is showing light oxidation, but I think that's appealing, alongside strawberry-cranberry and light Silex notes. One of our favorite bottles, trendy before the hipsters picked up the "Put a Bird on It!" meme, I do miss Portlandia.

Going out early tomorrow morning to see the transition of the birdlife at one of our treasured, local reserves, so I'm hoping this will bring some luck for good sightings. Last bottle 😕

Color is like salmon-copper, amazing.

Nose has dried orange peel, fresh cranberry and raspberry juice.

Palate is showing light oxidation, but I think that's appealing, alongside strawberry-cranberry and light Silex notes. One of our favorite bottles, trendy before the hipsters picked up the "Put a Bird on It!" meme, I do miss Portlandia.

Mar 29th, 2019
Severn Goodwin

Color is like liquid copper, amazing. Took about an hour to open, then nearly as good as upon release, nice acid, Loire Cab Franc, tart strawberry on the palate. One more bottle and we're clean out, loved this wine, only found it once. One of our favorite bottles, with a bird on it!

Color is like liquid copper, amazing. Took about an hour to open, then nearly as good as upon release, nice acid, Loire Cab Franc, tart strawberry on the palate. One more bottle and we're clean out, loved this wine, only found it once. One of our favorite bottles, with a bird on it!

May 27th, 2017
Max Gottesfeld

Black pepper all day long on the nose. Strawberries current and pepper. Delish

Black pepper all day long on the nose. Strawberries current and pepper. Delish

Jul 28th, 2016
jarred gild

Head Wine Buyer Western Market

9.0

Pallus - Messanges Rosé - chinon - at empire state south in atlanta a few weeks ago. just special ordered the '14 today, quite excited.

Pallus - Messanges Rosé - chinon - at empire state south in atlanta a few weeks ago. just special ordered the '14 today, quite excited.

Apr 9th, 2015
Chris Opdyke

Chris had this 9 years ago

Chris had this 9 years ago

Nov 13th, 2015
Chris Opdyke

Chris had this 9 years ago

Chris had this 9 years ago

Aug 27th, 2015
Chris Grimm

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Apr 17th, 2020
Tami Papagiannopoulos

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Nov 16th, 2019
Michael H

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Oct 6th, 2019