2014 Domaine des Roches Neuves Saumur-Champigny Franc de Pied

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  10/14/2022 - Mansun Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Flavourful with great acidity. Very food friendly! I always find lingonberry as a primary flavour in these Cab franc from the Loire. There's also red cherry, blackberry, green bell pepper and parsley. I like it a lot!

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  2/17/2022 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Lighter medium garnet/purple color. First there is a touch of brett in the nose, but blowing off with a few swirls in the glass, notes of pepper, black raspberries, cassis, some flowery notes, also a touch of green bell pepper, some elderflowers, also some minerality and a touch of orange zest. It‘s medium bodied, with high acidity making it appear even a little lighter, it has medium+ tannin that is exceptionally silky. Pretty long finish. A beautifully complex wine from this great producers. It combines and almost Burgundian finesse with the aromatics of Loire Valley, I also love the 2014 freshness and cooler style. This still has a good 10 - 15+ years ahead.

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  1/5/2022 - rhit wrote:

  Lightly structured and wonderfully drinkable, with deep red fruit, some blood/iron tones, and a tobacco and dried leaves thing on the finish. Loved this.

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  4/9/2020 - ManhattanBeach Likes this wine:

  A Coronavirus lockdown virtual tasting, curated and hosted by Douglas Blyde and Will the Winebum (Each of our houses): Two glasses from Coravin. Some hard green leaf, sweet cranberry on the finish. Softens in the glass, super silky in texture. "You can taste that it's French." Subtle for a Cab Franc, "just a hint of crunch" and not too green. Velvet. Mushroom and earth. G's wine of the night. Would seek out.

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  12/5/2019 - hfc Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Completely outshines the 2014 les memoires. This one is so expressive and vibrant both on the nose and palette. The finest Cabernet Franc I've ever had.

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