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Red
2016 Domaine Jaulin-Plaisantin Chinon L'Enfer
Cabernet Franc
- France
- Loire Valley
- Touraine
- Chinon
Label borrowed from 2017
Label borrowed from 2015
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Community Tasting Notes 10
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Mossrose Likes this wine: 90 points
April 2, 2024 - Lean, dry, violets, dried herbs, some graphite. Easy drinking. Great food wine.
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elevwine Likes this wine: 88 points
April 8, 2023 - On opening, great perfumed nose, middleweight style for a cab franc. Dark red berries, graphite. Unfortunately, just can’t get away from the vegetal green bite on the finish. Better than last bottle but not something I would buy again.
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cab Likes this wine:
August 4, 2022 - Seems like a different wine than some of the prior notes. Not really any brett. Some herbaceousness, and a little strong, pine, sage, mint, but also decent fruit to balance it. Nothing fancy, but not bad. Enjoyable on a weeknight.
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elevwine Does not like this wine: 85 points
April 30, 2022 - Must be drinking something different than others who commented - good or bad. This bottle was dominated by bitter green herbaceous flavors. Fruit tried to shine through but could not. Day two was slightly better, but bitterness persisted.
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progrockette wrote: 70 points
December 21, 2020 - Brett was excessive for my taste; wine is still quite taut at this time. Would recommend holding for at least another couple years. But that brett...
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine Jaulin-Plaisantin
- Varietal Cabernet Franc
- Designation L'Enfer
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Loire Valley
- SubRegion Touraine
- Appellation Chinon
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 29 (34%)
- Consumed 57 (66%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
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- VarietyCabernet Franc
- CountryFrance
- RegionLoire Valley
- SubRegionTouraine
- AppellationChinon
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