2014 Laurent Mabileau Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

Community Tasting Notes (2) Median Score: 86 points

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  1/14/2016 - eboracum Likes this wine: 88 Points

  This is the second Loire valley 2014 on successive days where the second bottle is significantly better than the first two or three months ago. The raw resinous note of which I complained in the previous bottle has all but disappeared allowing undisturbed enjoyment of its medium- body, lively red fruit, minerals and underlying roundness with fresh acidity. Such an improvement in such a short time makes me think that the previous bottle must have been flawed somehow. Good now.

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  11/24/2015 - eboracum wrote: 86 Points

  This was my first Loire CabFranc from the well regarded 2014 vinatge and, in spite of a Coup de Coeur from Le Figaro's critic, this medium bodied St.Nic.B slightly disappointed by showing that raw resinous touch more common in mediocre vintages which detracted from lively red fruit, minerals, underlying roundness with fresh acidity. St.Nic with its gravelly sandy soils is usually good for drinking young but more time my help here.

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