2015 Armin Kobler Cabernet Franc Puit

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 88.5 points

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  4/2/2021 - forceberry wrote: 87 Points

  14% alcohol.
  
  Moderately translucent black cherry color with a pale raspberry red rim. Sweet, youthful and fruit-driven nose with almost primary aromas of blackcurrant marmalade candies, some rich creamy notes of diacetyl, a little bit of ripe black raspberry and boysenberry, light cherry juice tones, a hint of licorice and a touch of autumnal leaves. The wine feels ripe, juicy and very youthful on the palate with sweetly-fruited flavors of cherry juice and boysenberries, some blackurrant marmalade, light creamy notes of diacetyl, a little bit of brambly raspberry, an autumnal hint of damp leaves and a woody touch of pencil shavings. The wine feels balanced in structure, thanks to the moderately high acidity and somewhat grippy medium-plus tannins. The finish is long, fresh and moderately grippy with lush flavors of sweet black cherries, brambly raspberries, some juicy blackcurrants, a little bit of creamy diacetyl, light brambly raspberries, a hint of alcohol warmth and a touch of peppery spice.
  
  A ripe, rich and fruity Cab Franc - weirdly this feels a lot less herbaceous compared to the bottle I had 2½ years ago. Instead of coming across as somewhat green, which would be more typical of the variety, this was noticeably sweeter and fruitier with a rather pronounced streak of diacetyl, which seemed to grant the wine a somewhat sweet, creamy overall quality and boost the fruitier notes into more marmaladey department. I wonder if there is just lots of bottle variation here, seeing how noticeably different this wine is compared to my previous experience. This is good, but nothing particularly memorable. Priced according to its quality at 16€.

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  9/15/2018 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  14% alcohol.
  
  Moderately translucent but very deep, dark and beautifully luminous black cherry color with a pale raspberry red rim. Quite tangy and herbaceous nose with savory aromas of leafy greenness, some bell pepper, a little bit of crunchy redcurrant, light peppery spice and a hint of dry pipe tobacco. The wine is lively, dry and quite crunchy on the palate with medium-to-moderately full body and rather fruit-driven flavors of ripe strawberries, some juicy blackcurrants, a little bit of vegetal bell pepper character, light sour plum tones, a hint of sweeter red-toned fruit and a touch of peppery spice. Overall the wine feels pretty balanced with its moderately high acidity and a gentle touch of grippy tannins. The finish is ripe, bright and slightly sappy with flavors of fresh blackcurrants, some plummy fruit, a little bit of ripe blueberries, slightly bitter chokeberry tones and a hint of peppery spice.
  
  This is a nice, ripe and fruit-forward Cab Franc that shares some common characteristics with the fresh and crunchy wines from the Loire valley. However, the overall style here is so ripe, fruity and rich that the wine reminds me more of a well-made cooler-climate Argentinian Cab Franc than, say, Chinon. Although very classically made and showing lovely finesse, there's still a certain new world-ish undercurrent here. And not in a bad way - all in all this is a lovely effort. Great value at 16€.

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