Day 1: Berry / black cherry aromas on opening. After a 4-hour decant, poured medium purple. Nose brought black fruit, earthiness, and possibly some leather. On the palate, dark red berry notes shined, with some graphite; medium body, decent acidity. However, I felt it lacked the balance praised by critics. 84 Day 2: Things evened out on the second day, and it was much more pleasurable. More harmonious 86
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This great value wine has about 40% cab franc, and it sure smells and tastes like a high quality Chinon from a good year. A bit of green pepper and green on the finish, which take it a little below 90 for me currently, will resolve in 2-4 years.
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Dark fruit, bit tannic and oakey but I'd say it's well balanced and a little ageing will improve it.........but barely drinkable is tough. Mebbe just that bottle?
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1/8/2023 - etrauger wrote: 85 Points
Day 1: Berry / black cherry aromas on opening. After a 4-hour decant, poured medium purple. Nose brought black fruit, earthiness, and possibly some leather. On the palate, dark red berry notes shined, with some graphite; medium body, decent acidity. However, I felt it lacked the balance praised by critics. 84
Day 2: Things evened out on the second day, and it was much more pleasurable. More harmonious 86
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12/8/2022 - Shrages wrote: 89 Points
This great value wine has about 40% cab franc, and it sure smells and tastes like a high quality Chinon from a good year. A bit of green pepper and green on the finish, which take it a little below 90 for me currently, will resolve in 2-4 years.
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10/28/2022 - Abharwine Likes this wine: 84 Points
Dark fruit, bit tannic and oakey but I'd say it's well balanced and a little ageing will improve it.........but barely drinkable is tough. Mebbe just that bottle?
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9/19/2022 - Baudelaire wrote: 88 Points
My bottle was good!
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2/6/2022 - tsdv wrote: 80 Points
Just drinkable.
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