Excellent. Raspberry and cranberries with a soft velvet ness and a bit of body without heavy ness. A very fine wine especially for the price. With air or cellaring this will probably bloom more but it is still lovely. Interestingly I don’t pick up green peppers on this even though it definitely feels cab franc. Highly recommended. Second best cab franc I’ve had so far.
Edit after about an hour in decanter: still very nice but perhaps a little larger of a wine than I initially noticed. Not huge but more fruit and a bit of spice on the taste. A smidge tart on the aftertaste. Still I don’t find the green pepper here. Quite fine and still recommend. But the fruit is a bit more prominent. Maybe some bottle she would bring up more interesting secondary characteristics.
Excellent. Raspberry and cranberries with a soft velvet ness and a bit of body without heavy ness. A very fine wine especially for the price. With air or cellaring this will probably bloom more but it is still lovely. Interestingly I don’t pick up green peppers on this even though it definitely feels cab franc. Highly recommended. Second best cab franc I’ve had so far.
Edit after about an hour in decanter: still very nice but perhaps a little larger of a wine than I initially noticed. Not huge but more fruit and a bit of spice on the taste. A smidge tart on the aftertaste. Still I don’t find the green pepper here. Quite fine and still recommend. But the fruit is a bit more prominent. Maybe some bottle she would bring up more interesting secondary characteristics.
Oct 27th, 2023
Easy drinking rich red, velvet red fruit, smooth palate, mild acidity, almost like a Merlot for a Cab Franc
Easy drinking rich red, velvet red fruit, smooth palate, mild acidity, almost like a Merlot for a Cab Franc
Jan 12th, 2022
Blackberry, nice acidity, very dark!
Blackberry, nice acidity, very dark!
Nov 20th, 2015Absolutely fantastic. Reaffirms why I adored this last time. Again very light green pepper notes, more charming robust raspberry fruit with some true elegance on the backend.
Absolutely fantastic. Reaffirms why I adored this last time. Again very light green pepper notes, more charming robust raspberry fruit with some true elegance on the backend.
Nov 23rd, 2023
You might say this has a bit of polish, but, no, it's delightful, refined saumur CF.
You might say this has a bit of polish, but, no, it's delightful, refined saumur CF.
Oct 25th, 2014
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Saumur-Champigny, Anjou-Saumur, Loire Valley, France
