Bretty. Had a feeling it would be. Was hoping it might blow off but it never did, even with a long decant. Smells like horse manure and tastes overly sour and mousy even on the back palate. I guess the search goes on for non-faulty loire cab franc. One day maybe.
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So, all of these are sort of "flawed" in that every bottle has been dirty as compared to our modern standards for more ... standardized wine. These are natural. They've got live bacteria or so I imagine. They're funky. But this one was just enough more funky than the others that it crossed the line for me. Hope other bottles are better and that this isn't an evolution as the more interesting and untoward elements take over.
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8/16/2017 - Milliontown wrote: flawed
Bretty. Had a feeling it would be. Was hoping it might blow off but it never did, even with a long decant. Smells like horse manure and tastes overly sour and mousy even on the back palate. I guess the search goes on for non-faulty loire cab franc. One day maybe.
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4/24/2016 - Rollerball wrote: 91 Points
Another thrilling, funky-minerally, juicy bottle of this. Sour beer meets early-picked raspberry bush.
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2/3/2016 - Rollerball wrote: flawed
So, all of these are sort of "flawed" in that every bottle has been dirty as compared to our modern standards for more ... standardized wine. These are natural. They've got live bacteria or so I imagine. They're funky. But this one was just enough more funky than the others that it crossed the line for me. Hope other bottles are better and that this isn't an evolution as the more interesting and untoward elements take over.
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12/2/2015 - Rollerball wrote: 92 Points
A fresh pleasure of rushing juice dancing so closely it's imbued with its dark mineral partner. Drinking so well I have no intention to hold.
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9/21/2015 - Rollerball wrote: 91 Points
A fresh, young cab franc. Showing up around surprise corners with welcoming laugh. Cool-flavored, mineral-driven, herbacious juice.
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