2008 Domaine de la Noblaie Chinon Les Chiens-Chiens

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 87.4 points

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  3/29/2015 - jfarley3 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Has nose of green and jalapeño peppers with a bit of dark red fruit. Medium body, has full fruit on the palate, good acidity, mild tannins with some pepper on the the medium length finish.

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  11/22/2014 - mwneil wrote: 87 Points

  OK wine; tannic with some fruit; wine was lacking something, my wife did not like it, 100% cab franc is a tough wine to make but the Loire area generally does it well, have had better.

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  1/25/2013 - Smahlatz Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Deep transparent ruby, pink toward the rim. Brilliant complex nose of cassis, raspberry, cherry, some meaty funk, and leather all smoothed off with a light mineral green polish. The palate pretty much reflects the nose with the green notes coming through a little more and the structured tannins making themselves known. Acidity perfectly balances the other elements. The finish is of medium intensity and length. The story doesn't finish there however, the is an ethereal dancing over the mid palate after swallowing of sweet nuances of musk, candied cherry still with that herbal edge, ballerinas in green shoes if you will.

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  11/27/2012 - CWilliam Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Aerated into decanter and then drank (served with meatloaf). Dark red color. Initially very simple, "grapey" type nose but with 15 minutes of airtime more cranberry, wet rocks, black cherry & red currants (with airtime there was a touch of the Loire Valley Cab Franc green but it added to the nose). On palate, similar fruit profile with high acids, medium body and medium+ finish. Very fresh wine and would buy again - I prefer Baudry's Cab Franc's to these but I would buy this again. 90+

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  2/27/2012 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 80 Points

  Blind Wines at Bar Lola (Bar Lola, Portland, ME): Clear, bright, medium (can see fingers through glass) ruby, violet-to-clear at the rim. Med tears, staining.
  
  N: High intensity nose. Vegetal, stewed bell peppers, tomato, savory. Olive, roasted coffee oak - American oak?
  
  P: Medium body, med alcohol, med acidity, med+ tannins. Fine-grained, drying tannins. Med finish, med+ complexity. Upon retasting I can see the med+ alcohol that others felt.
  
  Guess:
  Old world (structure, balance, acidity)
  Moderate climate
  Grape varietals: Bdx, strong stewed bellpepper - Cab and Cab Franc.
  Countries: France, spain?! Warm baked quality. Cab franc - St. Nick de Bourgueil? Bourgueil?
  Age: developing secondary characteristics, but color and tannins don't indicate age - 3-5 years.
  So Bourgueil, Cab Franc, from 2007-2009.
  
  Erica/Stella guessed: Priorat (Cab/Grenache blend - makes sense! med+ alcohol, american oak).
  
  Analysis:
  Chinon! I was close!
  100% Cab Franc.
  Scott thinks Chinons tend to be bigger than Bourgueils. I thought it was the other way around... but then I've only had a handfull of Bourgueil, SNdB's, and Chinon's... and mostly my conclusions were that the '96 Taluau SNdB was amazing, and the others all pale in comparison.
  
  Evaluation: Not that ripe, but I have to like this wine because I came so close to guessing it! Missing the fruit or acidity to make this pop. 78-82.

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