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2015 Château de la Bonneliere Chinon Le Clos des Roches St. Paul
Cabernet Franc
- France
- Loire Valley
- Touraine
- Chinon
Label borrowed from 2017
Label borrowed from 2018
Community Tasting Notes 11
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Will Devize wrote: 88 points
November 14, 2021 - Light and clean with good typicity. Notes of plums and peppery charcuterie. Medium bodied and full of flavour but if being critical this lacks a bit of focus on the finish.
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knothoef wrote: 87 points
January 15, 2021 - Fruity
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viniferatu Likes this wine:
September 9, 2020 - Quite ripe for Chinon, this is nonetheless elegant and fresh. Sultry cherry and small wild blueberry notes are accompanied by flowers, cigar, espresso, roasted meat and roasted veggies. Medium to full, with zesty acidity and silky textured tannin. Tangy and tart on the finish, with beautiful crunchy fruit, plenty of minerality, and lingering notes of coffee and flowers. Excellent Cab Franc, this will be worth saving at least 10 years.
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Wine Canuck wrote: 91 points
February 10, 2020 - This was a pleasant surprise. Quite classically styled Chinon. Pours youthfully dark in the glass with a touch of purple at the rim, opaque at the very core. The nose is lovely of black rasapberry, burlap, peanut shells, cedar, green bell pepper, crushed gravel, and cigar ash. The palate is well balanced with the dark sweet fruited entry and medium acid and medium tannin. Moderate finish replaying much of the nose. Quite nice.
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CPSchoeff wrote: 91 points
September 5, 2019 - Dark ruby, semi-opaque. A: dark red fruit, smoke, dried tobacco. F: black cherry, earthy and slightly herbaceous, hits all the right notes for me with good concentration and smooth but noticeable tannin. Drinking better earlier than previous years.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2019, Issue #83, Recently- Tasted Loire Valley Wines The First 2018s and a Bevy of 2017s and Older Wines(Chinon “les Clos des Roches St. Paul”- Château de la Bonnelière (Marc Plouzeau)) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2018, Issue #77, The Annual Loire Valley Report The First of the 2017s, Plenty of 2016s and Older Wines(Chinon “Le Clos des Roches St. Paul”- Château de la Bonnelière (Marc Plouzeau)) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2015
- Type Red
- Producer Château de la Bonneliere
- Varietal Cabernet Franc
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Le Clos des Roches St. Paul
- Country France
- Region Loire Valley
- SubRegion Touraine
- Appellation Chinon
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 4 (24%)
- Consumed 13 (76%)
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- RegionLoire Valley
- SubRegionTouraine
- AppellationChinon
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