Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Sunday, June 28, 2020 - Quite translucent and somewhat developed cherry red color with a maroon hue and a colorless rim. The nose is quite heavily vegetal with a rather pronounced streak of grated beetroot along with aromas of cooked bell pepper, some wizened forest fruits, a little bit of damp soil and a hint of licorice. The wine is medium-to-moderately full-bodied, cool and a bit dilute on the palate. Flavors of cooked beetroot, some ripe blackcurrant, a little bit of leafy greenness, light earthy notes of damp soil, crunchy hints of redcurrants and lingonberries and a touch of bell pepper. The wine is rather high in acidity with quite firm and moderately assertive medium-plus tannins. The finish is moderately grippy with dry, long flavors of damp autumnal leaves, some bell pepper, a little bit of ripe blackcurrant, light notes of beetroot and a tart hint of lingonberry bitterness.

A cool, lean Chinon that feels like it is a bit dilute and while showing some sense of ripeness, the overall feel is still slightly underripe. There are some bell pepper notes that are to be expected from a Loire Cabernet Franc, but there's a bit of some leafy and weedy greenness as well, along with slightly watery fruit and earthy notes of damp soil that make the wine feel a bit underwhelming. At 9 years of age the wine isn't showing much sense of falling apart and I can imagine it could actually keep for some years longer, but I doubt the wine will benefit much from further aging. The overall impression was better than on the last time - 3 years ago - but quite marginally so. Doesn't seem to be a great vintage for this wine.

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