What a beautiful Cabernet Franc. This was an evolving wine that changed and changed and changed. Amazing. Displays a dark ruby color with light sediment. Legs. Awesome. Its nose is intoxicating. Green capsicum with wet potting soil. White pedals and dank forest floor. Tobacco and berry stems. Tight, like drinking a velvet Elvis poster. There are no crunchy tannins, its unlike most Cab Francs I have ever had. Bitter cocoa, earth, old cranberry, cedar, cured game. It develops different flavors as it opens up. Incredibly complex and sophisticated at the same time. Wonderful.
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A very inexpensive bottle filled with unpleasant wine. Poured out dark plum with red gradient. Medium legs with no sediment. Nose was of cherry jam, wet newspaper, slate. Tasted of overly sweet cherry jam. Lot's of alcohol added to the hot mess. Short finish with an aggressive tannin mouthfeel. Literally short and sweet.
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Poured from 375 ml bottle into decanter. One glass consumed immediately and one 7+ hours later. The wine pours a dark ruby red with a very heavy concentration of color. It has light legs that run quickly. No visible sediment. Smells are of black olive, cedar, dark red fruit, cranberry is strong, funky damp earth, cherry. A bit of earth and tar with dark cherry is in the taste. The longer this sits the more cranberry juice I get towards the end. The tannins started strong and are now mellowing out just a bit. Medium finish. Enjoyable wine, nice earth tones and dark fruit. Would love to try in 5+ years.
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2009 Clos Rougeard (Foucault) Saumur-Champigny
5/17/2014 - JRogue88 Likes this wine: 94 Points
What a beautiful Cabernet Franc. This was an evolving wine that changed and changed and changed. Amazing.
Displays a dark ruby color with light sediment. Legs. Awesome.
Its nose is intoxicating. Green capsicum with wet potting soil. White pedals and dank forest floor. Tobacco and berry stems.
Tight, like drinking a velvet Elvis poster. There are no crunchy tannins, its unlike most Cab Francs I have ever had.
Bitter cocoa, earth, old cranberry, cedar, cured game. It develops different flavors as it opens up. Incredibly complex and sophisticated at the same time. Wonderful.
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2011 Ravenswood Shiraz Vintners Blend California
3/6/2014 - JRogue88 Does not like this wine: 75 Points
A very inexpensive bottle filled with unpleasant wine.
Poured out dark plum with red gradient. Medium legs with no sediment.
Nose was of cherry jam, wet newspaper, slate. Tasted of overly sweet cherry jam. Lot's of alcohol added to the hot mess. Short finish with an aggressive tannin mouthfeel. Literally short and sweet.
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2009 Château Dauzac
3/6/2014 - JRogue88 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Poured from 375 ml bottle into decanter. One glass consumed immediately and one 7+ hours later.
The wine pours a dark ruby red with a very heavy concentration of color. It has light legs that run quickly. No visible sediment.
Smells are of black olive, cedar, dark red fruit, cranberry is strong, funky damp earth, cherry.
A bit of earth and tar with dark cherry is in the taste. The longer this sits the more cranberry juice I get towards the end. The tannins started strong and are now mellowing out just a bit. Medium finish.
Enjoyable wine, nice earth tones and dark fruit. Would love to try in 5+ years.
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