Community Tasting Notes 7

• BeadyJay wrote: 91 points

  January 19, 2020 - Good colour, maturing at the rim. Plenty on the nose.
  
  On the palate this is lovely. Silky on the tongue, light but rounded and quite long, tannins resolved, classic cabernet franc but I think it might well appeal to claret lovers too. Something to try out on friends.
  
  This is fully mature and at its peak but with a good few years ahead of it at this level. I know the Bretons’ Bourgueils are more highly regarded, especially the Perrieres, and that may well be a correct assessment. But comparing a 2009 Beaumont with say a 2006 Perrieres (a lesser year), it’s hard not to feel that there is more pleasure to be had from the Beaumont, particularly at lunchtime.
  
  While I’ve bottles of the 2009 Beaumont in my cellar I’ll continue to hold off on my more recent vintages of the Perrieres.

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• Nicco208 Likes this wine: 92 points

  October 6, 2017 - Berry strong nose, earthy, good French wine. Though it has a big nose, it drinks smooth.

• LFCHALA wrote: 88 points

  October 10, 2014 - Good wine. Full bodied. Dense. Young. Typical characteristics of the grape cabernet franc are hidden by a wall of black fruit. Need aging.

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• pbaek wrote:

  April 12, 2012 - Does this wine see some new oak? I think it does, but I may be wrong. There is certainly enough material to absorb the oak, right now there is a whiff of it on the nose and there is just a bit of dryness on the back end of the palate. Either way, this is incredibly young today and in serious need of cellaring. The pebbly blue fruit is dense and there is an almost painful, in the good way, mark from the soil. This is teeth staining, the tannins are biting, wait at least 5 years for next hit. Le Petite Lutetia in Paris.

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• christyler wrote: 87 points

  April 12, 2011 - Pretty nice wine - it has all the freshness and silky texture that I love about the best Loire CFs. However, it was a little lacking in either fruit or funk, which didn't make it a ton of fun to drink. Still, it had that biodynamic goodness that I love....seemed extra gulp-able.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Catherine et Pierre Breton
• Varietal Cabernet Franc
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Beaumont
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Touraine
• Appellation Chinon

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• Consumed 19 (50%)

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