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• kostaslonis wrote:

  March 16, 2024 - Sample tasting at work (Oinoscent): Decanted and slowly tasted
  Thick red fruit core, mineral, spice frame, floral notes, grilled peppers, palate tight, edgy, needs some time to open up (which it did later on), red fruit, acidity cutting through, med body, med finish

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• ylkim30 Likes this wine:

  March 6, 2024 - Surprisingly delicate and lifted on the palate, veering towards bright red fruit with racy acidity. Juicy.

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• ohne_musik wrote: 93 points

  March 6, 2024 - Breton Tasting with France Breton and Baptiste Desrrouseaux (Flatiron Wines SF): Lovely as before. Didn't have a chance to fully open up, and is showing incredibly young. Several commented that this seemed like one of the youngest wines of the night. Certainly the color is of a freshly bottled wine, but I felt there was some tertiary development and complexity, while retaining young fruit vibes. Fruit, depth, mineral, tobacco. This is the complete package and will probably peak in another 10 years, and drink well for 30+. Baptiste said Pierre opened 3 bottles of the '47 for their wedding, and this was similar in profile.

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• drwine2001 wrote:

  February 25, 2024 - Magnum. Opened 2 hours before drinking. Even ruby without any fading. Fruit and earth on the nose. Compared to prior bottles, only a trace of dill in the background. Medium weight, marvelous integrated feel with a long soil base and naturally ripe, sweet blue and black fruit. Fine acidity, a pleasingly salty edge, and light, fine remaining tannins that have a whiff of ground coffee. This was a knockout, easily the most seamless, balanced Loire red I have had in a very long time. From this large format, I imagine it will provide pleasure for another 15 years, but recently it has also shown very well from standard sized bottles.

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• brooklynguy Likes this wine:

  July 27, 2023 - Very good wine. The nose shoes a density of aroma without excess weight - a friend tasting it blind thought it could be northern rhone, such is its animale character and black fruit. I love the nose here, showing a violet aspect that I get in many rhone wines but also in some bordeaux. Lifted - very good acidity. We drank it alongside a 2010 Baudry Grezeaux, and to me the Baudry showed a more perfect composition, better overall balance. Only in comparison was I able to see that this wine, while utterly delicious, is also a bit blocky and fruit forward, even now almost 20 years on. Not a criticism - it's what the vintage gave.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Catherine et Pierre Breton
• Varietal Cabernet Franc
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Les Perrières
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Touraine
• Appellation Bourgueil

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• In Cellars 141 (55%)
• Consumed 98 (38%)

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