Very Good No notes, but this seemed a bit muted and might be in a bit of a closed phase, if that happens with these wines. Simple enjoyment and food friendliness. A nice wine.
Importer: Free Run
12.5% abv
Empty bottle weight: 463g
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Medium, see-through violet color; fresh aromas of red fruits; precise flavors ripe cherry, red raspberry. Hints of leather. Bright, fresh, juicy, medium bodied with moderate acidity. Lingering minerality. Light, fine tannins. 12.5% abv. 12 mo in oak. From vines aged 45-80 years old. Great with pork roast and roasted veggies and potatoes. Delightful!
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Good showing on this. My first bottle of '15 Prestige. This seems to be entering its drinking window. More cherry notes than I normally associate with this wine, it has the typical weightlessness that I do though. Very enjoyable.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
I’m a bit of a naysayer on this one. Fruity, pleasant cab franc. A bit thin. A smidge of green pepper on the finish. Nothing particularly complex or remarkable about it, but decent QPR at $14.
4 Nice ripeness pushed the profile toward fruit purity with no herbal influence. Moderate alcohol and all around balance make this both crowd pleasing and true to place. Delightful.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Full, ripe, dark red and raspberry fruit with a distinct smoked meat note on the backend. A touch sauvage and rustic. Good fresh acids live underneath the vibrant dark fruit and keep this light. Moderate tannins show up on the middle and finish. No explicit herbal or leafy notes, instead they come through as a more subtle topnote that are secondary to the youthful fruit tones. Seems like this needs a few years in the bottle to even out some, but should be very good.
Very Good – Hold
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Wines like this really make you wonder why you ever need to spend more than $15 on a great bottle of every day wine. What an insane value. The Cuvée Domaine is magical in 2015 and this is even more refined, as expected. The aromas are strong and pretty, showing mineral laced exuberant red toned fruit. These are cherries with the pits and volcanic ash poured on top of them. These aromas seem to develop a texture to them; a texture showing quite a bit of elegance. This wine is supremely confident. Palate is medium bodied and graceful in texture, developing beautiful acid and tannins as its held in the mouth, but this is balanced wonderfully with pure fruit and soil tones. All elegance and class on the voluminous finish. A weightless wine of grace and class. It's hard to believe this was only $14. I wish I could buy two more cases because this will continue to drink well for 20 years. Goes without saying, but the best Guion Prestige thus far. This wine did get a little harder and greener, showing more of its youthfulness, after it had been open for a while. Score at 1 hour open.
4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
This might just be the QPR champion of all time. Wow. Hard to believe it's as young as it is because it shows so well. Very dusty, dirty nose. Smells like whole cluster fermentation but smells so enticing. No fruit on the nose. Only dust, dry twigs. But the mouth starts out like beaujolais, with that tart cranberry flavor, fine drying tannins, but partway through the time in the mouth, in comes the green pepper, but it's soft and subtle. Now, keep in mind that it is thin in the mid-palate and doesn't have any depth or sophistication but it is still a beautiful wine. If I could find a couple of cases of this I would buy it. The low price ($15) is almost beyond comprehension. I will be very sorry to see this go - plan to let two or three bottles age a bit just to see. But so good now.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
Was drinking this thinking how nicely balanced it was, all-around pleasant and a change of pace from what I usually drink. Figured I had paid about $30 for it and was pleased.
Nope! 14 bucks. At that price, I should have bought 20. This is a fantastic bottle at the money.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
What a brilliant $14 bottle of wine. This bodes well for 2015 red's from Loire. Brilliant red fruit, with typical Loire minerality, earthiness and some baking spices thrown in. Great structure. Enjoyable now with many, many years ahead.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No
/ Comment
2/13/2024 - tward Likes this wine: 87 Points
Very Good
No notes, but this seemed a bit muted and might be in a bit of a closed phase, if that happens with these wines. Simple enjoyment and food friendliness. A nice wine.
Importer: Free Run
12.5% abv
Empty bottle weight: 463g
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
1/23/2022 - sleepyhaus wrote:
Still too young. Tight on day one, not showing much. Better after most of the bottle sat for two days. Recommend another five years.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
1/17/2022 - zinfandel601 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Medium, see-through violet color; fresh aromas of red fruits; precise flavors ripe cherry, red raspberry. Hints of leather. Bright, fresh, juicy, medium bodied with moderate acidity. Lingering minerality. Light, fine tannins. 12.5% abv. 12 mo in oak. From vines aged 45-80 years old. Great with pork roast and roasted veggies and potatoes. Delightful!
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
9/6/2021 - sleepyhaus wrote:
Good showing on this. My first bottle of '15 Prestige. This seems to be entering its drinking window. More cherry notes than I normally associate with this wine, it has the typical weightlessness that I do though. Very enjoyable.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
2/24/2021 - Enfant sauvage Likes this wine:
Queens. Park. Rangers.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
9/7/2020 - redwhiteandrich Likes this wine: 92 Points
Oh yeah, the riper vintage sings here. Tannins need a few hours to simmer down, much better than the '14 I had last week.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
7/17/2020 - Francophile Likes this wine: 89 Points
A good cab franc from my favourite region for this grape.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
2/16/2019 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:
Delicious easy drinking, ripe but balanced with minerals and soil.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
12/27/2018 - pren wrote: 90 Points
第一晚,是比较lean的CF风格。第二晚,到后四分之一,口中有红水果内核。隐约像rougeard.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
11/2/2018 - diggydan wrote: 89 Points
Not bad. Plenty of earth and green peppers and a bit of sharp greenness and not any where near as ripe tasting as I thought this year would be.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
1/18/2018 - youvebeenhearnedLLC Likes this wine: 87 Points
I’m a bit of a naysayer on this one. Fruity, pleasant cab franc. A bit thin. A smidge of green pepper on the finish. Nothing particularly complex or remarkable about it, but decent QPR at $14.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2)
11/18/2017 - wagonwine wrote:
4 Nice ripeness pushed the profile toward fruit purity with no herbal influence. Moderate alcohol and all around balance make this both crowd pleasing and true to place. Delightful.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
10/23/2017 - WMWG Likes this wine: 90 Points
Full, ripe, dark red and raspberry fruit with a distinct smoked meat note on the backend. A touch sauvage and rustic. Good fresh acids live underneath the vibrant dark fruit and keep this light. Moderate tannins show up on the middle and finish. No explicit herbal or leafy notes, instead they come through as a more subtle topnote that are secondary to the youthful fruit tones. Seems like this needs a few years in the bottle to even out some, but should be very good.
Very Good – Hold
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
10/16/2017 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 92 Points
Wines like this really make you wonder why you ever need to spend more than $15 on a great bottle of every day wine. What an insane value. The Cuvée Domaine is magical in 2015 and this is even more refined, as expected. The aromas are strong and pretty, showing mineral laced exuberant red toned fruit. These are cherries with the pits and volcanic ash poured on top of them. These aromas seem to develop a texture to them; a texture showing quite a bit of elegance. This wine is supremely confident. Palate is medium bodied and graceful in texture, developing beautiful acid and tannins as its held in the mouth, but this is balanced wonderfully with pure fruit and soil tones. All elegance and class on the voluminous finish. A weightless wine of grace and class. It's hard to believe this was only $14. I wish I could buy two more cases because this will continue to drink well for 20 years. Goes without saying, but the best Guion Prestige thus far. This wine did get a little harder and greener, showing more of its youthfulness, after it had been open for a while. Score at 1 hour open.
4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
6/14/2017 - randyjc wrote: 91 Points
This might just be the QPR champion of all time. Wow. Hard to believe it's as young as it is because it shows so well. Very dusty, dirty nose. Smells like whole cluster fermentation but smells so enticing. No fruit on the nose. Only dust, dry twigs. But the mouth starts out like beaujolais, with that tart cranberry flavor, fine drying tannins, but partway through the time in the mouth, in comes the green pepper, but it's soft and subtle. Now, keep in mind that it is thin in the mid-palate and doesn't have any depth or sophistication but it is still a beautiful wine. If I could find a couple of cases of this I would buy it. The low price ($15) is almost beyond comprehension. I will be very sorry to see this go - plan to let two or three bottles age a bit just to see. But so good now.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
6/14/2017 - bradleymichaelharris@gmail.com Likes this wine: 92 Points
Was drinking this thinking how nicely balanced it was, all-around pleasant and a change of pace from what I usually drink. Figured I had paid about $30 for it and was pleased.
Nope! 14 bucks. At that price, I should have bought 20. This is a fantastic bottle at the money.
1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment
2/18/2017 - cadamson Likes this wine: 92 Points
What a brilliant $14 bottle of wine. This bodes well for 2015 red's from Loire. Brilliant red fruit, with typical Loire minerality, earthiness and some baking spices thrown in. Great structure. Enjoyable now with many, many years ahead.
2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment