Walk around tasting. Very expressive nose of dark berries, tomato leaf, pencil lead, dried herbs. Very cab franc on the palate cassis, black cherry, black olive and a little bell pepper. Surprisingly resolved tannins and lower acidity feel than I expected. Exotic and magnificent. Score: 93. Relative to expectations: ++
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Drinking lovely, though still relatively youthful. Classic Cab Franc here with the silky texture and high pedigree expected from Rougeard. Looks like I have another bottle of this, which I’ll probably wait at least a couple of years on.
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What a perfumed nose. This is so exciting. Bellpepper, blueberries, violets, lilacs and a million different other flowers I don't know the name of. Like a garden. Things change on the palate - fruit is really fading. Needs drinking up. Can't see this getting any better. But the nose... wow
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Extremely interesting and intellectual wine. Bell pepper in the attack, very elegant, with a great bright acidity. Never quite came together with a slightly missing mid palate , and suffered by comparison to the 2014 what was the richer and more complete wine, but a joy to drink as well. At a perfect point in its evolution, with a fruit, acid, minerals, and the beginnings of some secondary aromas.
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11/16/2023 - JJYoyo Likes this wine: 93 Points
Walk around tasting. Very expressive nose of dark berries, tomato leaf, pencil lead, dried herbs. Very cab franc on the palate cassis, black cherry, black olive and a little bell pepper. Surprisingly resolved tannins and lower acidity feel than I expected. Exotic and magnificent.
Score: 93. Relative to expectations: ++
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9/9/2023 - B Paul wrote:
Drinking lovely, though still relatively youthful. Classic Cab Franc here with the silky texture and high pedigree expected from Rougeard. Looks like I have another bottle of this, which I’ll probably wait at least a couple of years on.
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5/29/2023 - Eriklainen wrote:
What a perfumed nose. This is so exciting. Bellpepper, blueberries, violets, lilacs and a million different other flowers I don't know the name of. Like a garden. Things change on the palate - fruit is really fading. Needs drinking up. Can't see this getting any better. But the nose... wow
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4/29/2023 - ccn Likes this wine: 91 Points
Extremely interesting and intellectual wine. Bell pepper in the attack, very elegant, with a great bright acidity. Never quite came together with a slightly missing mid palate , and suffered by comparison to the 2014 what was the richer and more complete wine, but a joy to drink as well. At a perfect point in its evolution, with a fruit, acid, minerals, and the beginnings of some secondary aromas.
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3/14/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Wine Workshop: Focus on Clos Rougeard (Cafe Evergreen): Lighter style than the 2013, very easy. Bright and herbal. Spices. Drinks very well.
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