2010 Marc Brédif Chinon

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 85.3 points

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  12/20/2019 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  13% alcohol.
  
  Moderately translucent and still surprisingly youthful dark cherry red color. Juicy, earthy and still quite youthful nose with aromas of blackcurrant juice, some woody pencil shaving tones, a little bit of earthiness, a sweet hint of cooked bell pepper and a touch of autumnal leaves. The wine is dry and enjoyably crunchy on the palate with medium body and bright flavors of redcurrants and fresh blackcurrants, some peppery spice, a little bit of woody pencil shavings character, light notes of autumnal leaves, a sweet hint of cooked bell pepper and a touch of ripe raspberries. Good focus and nice sense of place here. The overall feel is enjoyably structured with its high acidity and quite firm and even slightly tough medium tannins. The finish is dry, crunchy and gently grippy with long flavors of redcurrants, some sour cherry bitterness, fresh blackcurrants, a little bit of stony minerality, light woody notes of pencil shavings, an autumnal hint of damp leaves and a touch of chopped chili.
  
  A very nice, fresh and still remarkably youthful effort for a simple entry-level Chinon for a large producer. Going very strong even at the age of 10 years. Although not a particularly fruity or ripe wine, this was a completely different wine from the rather thin and weedy vintage 2011 I tasted a few years back. This offers lots of classic Cabernet Franc typicity and while the wine seems to be drinking pretty well at the moment, I can imagine the wine will continue to develop at least another 5 years of so, if not more. Good value at 16,49€.

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  2/17/2019 - cos65 Likes this wine:

  Served blind.
  Medium light garnet purple
  Fruity kirsch nose
  Light raspberry flavors
  Lowish alcohol,
  Light, but balanced acidity
  A bit thin with a leafy herbal finish
  Still an easy light CF and not getting any better, but holding up perfectly. Probably drink up soon while it still has some freshness

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  7/18/2015 - cos65 Likes this wine:

  Light raspberry flavors with some herbal notes. With a slight chill, this is a nice light outdoor picnic wine

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  11/24/2013 - wineretriever wrote: 85 Points

  Raspberry, bell and poblano pepper, green herbs, tobacco leaf, and cedar on the nose. Green, herbal characteristics dominate the palate with tart red fruit and crushed stone in the background.

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  1/17/2013 - avp wrote:

  Red and dark berry nose with slight graphite, herbs and milky oak.
  Medium bodied and quite extracted palate with cassis to blackberry fruit, refreshing acidity and some tannic bite. Graphite, herbs and slight liquorice.
  Rather primary though structured wine with dark profile and extracted feel. May time help.

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