2012 Catherine et Pierre Breton Bourgueil Clos Sénéchal

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  6/14/2020 - Raage Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Superbe réussite que ce bourgueil plein d’énergie, très jeune encore dans son éclat aromatique fidèle à son pédigrée: la loire et le CF explosent au nez, sur des variations de notes poivron-fraise, végétale, mentholée, Humus, terreuse, Encre noire, poivrée… Mais surtout, cet élan se confirme en bouche avec un vin élégant, frais, moyennement structuré, assoupli et juteux. Nature certes, mais propre, impeccable, sans déviance ou réserve, Il file droit en se payant le luxe de séduire avec ses parfums et son profil caressant.
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  3/14/2020 - jhw425 wrote: 92 Points

  Really pretty wine. A little green but in a good way. Light on the pallet with a good nose
  
  Would buy again

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  4/5/2019 - KeithAkers wrote: 92 Points

  Nose: The nose is well balanced and aromatic, filled with dark red cherries, raspberries, earth tones, tobacco, leather, roses, herbs, and some celery sticks. There is excellent depth with the fruit showing some youth.
  
  Taste: Medium bodied with medium+ acidity and medium tannins. The structure is youthful, but not overpowering. The feel shows off elegance and good depth with dark red cherries, raspberries, celery stick, herbs, leather, roses, and tobacco notes.
  
  Overall: This is a lovely Bourgeuil that is drinking beautifully right now. It shows off all of the hallmarks that make me enjoy Loire Cab Franc along with the balance and refinement to boot. There is still youth to the fruit and feel, but it’s feeling well integrated and balanced.

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  12/22/2018 - csimm wrote: 90 Points

  Eight Tables by George Chen - Chef's Table (San Francisco): 100% Cabernet Franc. At first sip this came off fast and furious with incredibly tart and acidic cranberry and pomegranate juice notes. Fiercely palate-clenching, with aggressive acid and a cutthroat grip. A lot of speed here on the front end onslaught, with not much of a bass note to balance-out the higher register profile. After about 15+ minutes of wrist-torquing swirling in the glass, this became a more agreeable beast. Black cherry and electric purple plum notes tried desperately to emerge.
  
  Paired decently with a Miyazaki A5 Wagyu in a Willapa oyster sauce (probably the most exquisite and perfectly cooked A5 I've had in my life by the way - a flawless sear and a phenomenal rendering of the fat). The acid from the wine was still a little too aggressive to match the fare completely. The beef helped the wine more than the wine helped the beef.
  
  This Cabernet Franc made a 2016 Mascot Cabernet Sauvignon served beside it look like a muddled plum puddle with a flaccid frame.

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  3/6/2017 - GTFreek wrote:

  Blind tasted. Didn't get pyrazines, I said Rioja. No one said Cab Franc.

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