La Source Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil Cabernet Franc

This is obviously quite young, and needs to pick up some weight. Quite elegant and pure, dances on the palate. Drinks like a sappy Pinot Noir, weight-wise. Another very pretty Amirault, as expected.

Medium purple; medium intensity aromas of red and black fruit, plum, blueberry, purple flower, crushed rocks; dry, medium acid, medium tannins, medium alcohol, medium body, medium intensity flavors of red and black fruit, mineral and florals; very good

I want to have sex with this wine.

Opened yesterday, drank over 2 days.
The nose is very fruity and intense with dark cherry touches, earthy notes, some raspberry and blackberry scents too. I could even smell some peony notes too. This is really inviting. The palate is wide and long and quite complex. A good acid drive, some dark cherry notes all along, some very soft and easy going mouthfeel that is changing in mid palate with a great tannic wall, which adds a layer of dust over an otherwise quite juicy and fruity finish. In the back-end though, there is a tiny savoury note that pops along with a subtle bitterness. This is really my kind of cab franc. Really good stuff!

No notes. Super joyfull wine with a Cola and cherry, good acid drive, good cherry fruit, good tannic wall in the rear, gentle drying layer until a long fruity finish. Great stuff!

Not so pepperish for a cabernet franc, strawberry jam instead. Joyful release of bell pepper er al. in the aftertaste. Mastered in the details.

I have no explanation why Bourgueil continues to fly under the radar. These are chalky, minerals, sometimes fruity and wonderfully elegant wines. Here we have high toned perfumed aromatics, iodine, black peppercorn, and dark fruits. For the $17 I spent, I’m all smiles.

Smooth. Not too tannic but also not overly fruity. Not sure of the vintage but while in Paris, I want to try wines from new regions, such as Bourgeuil (Loire region). Not the best I've tried but it certainly went well with my boeuf bourgignon!

With lots of air this is so close to earthy Pinot Noir from Burgundy than Cabernet Franc can be.

Nose of grape juice and rhubarb more than bell pepper. A little earthy as well. Sticky and acid, milky in fact. Maybe wait another couple of years before I open the other bottles.