Chinon

Couly-Dutheil

Clos de l'Echo Chinon Cabernet Franc

Vintage 2014 | true to type Cabernet franc. In drinking window. — 2 months ago

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Olga Raffault

Les Picasses Chinon Cabernet Franc 2007

Stunning bottle - showed really well after 3 hours or so. Maturing, integrated tannin, structured, a nose you wanna swim in… — 6 months ago

Alsu Shakirova
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‘You wanna swim in’ 👌🤭

Domaine Bernard Baudry

Chinon Cabernet Franc

Textbook Cabernet Frank drinking well eight years after harvest. 2017 vintage purchased in January 2024 $24. — 7 months ago

Charles Joguet

Les Petites Roches Chinon Cabernet Franc 2012

JKT
9.1

Excellent mature balanced Cab Franc without that peppery greenness coming on. Long finish. — 9 months ago

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Béatrice et Pascal Lambert

Les Terrasses Chinon Cabernet Franc 2018

Délicieux, gourmand à fond, grande buvabilité — 5 years ago

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Château du Petit Thouars

L'Epée Chinon Cabernet Franc

Wonderful chinon, strong flavored, not as peppery as others. K got for 11/25 — 6 years ago

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Domaine Bernard Baudry

Chinon Cabernet Franc Rosé

Deliciously flinty and vibrant — 8 years ago

Olga Raffault

Champ-Chenin Chinon Chenin Blanc 2021

(Natural) Bright on the nose, citrus, floral, minerality highly drinkable — 4 months ago

Domaine Bernard Baudry

La Croix Boissée Chinon Cabernet Franc 2013

Put these down and watch the angry tannin melt away. Lighter-bodied right banker. — 7 months ago

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Angry tannins at 12 y ?
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Not here. They’ve all melted away!
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Aah, I understand now

Charles Joguet

Clos de la Dioterie Chinon Monopole Cabernet Franc 2017

Bright medium ruby with quite thin ruby , garnet rim . Quite closed with sweet cassis , touch of clove and ash , violet , dark cherry , wet stone . On the palate more of the cassis and spicy blackberry notes , dark cherry , but mineral and saline also , touch of slate , tobacco . Quite lean and refreshing, balanced alcohol . Quite high acidity and grippy tannin . Good mineral and cassis tinged finish . Elegant and refined . Needs a bit of time , will probably improve over the next 5-8 years and will last well a further 10 or so . — 2 years ago

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Domaine Bernard Baudry

Chinon Blanc Chenin Blanc

On another day, I’d love this. Too serious for today. — 6 years ago

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Couly-Dutheil

René Couly Chinon Cabernet Franc Rosé

Delicious with our homemade pizza! — 7 years ago

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Olga Raffault

Les Barnabés Chinon Cabernet Franc 2022

Mandi Speidel
9.0

Attempting to clean the house — 4 months ago

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Couly-Dutheil

Les Chanteaux Chinon Chenin Blanc 2018

Vintage 2018 | Golden colour, much more coloured than I expected. Very balanced taste. Lovely. Needs not to be cellared longer. Diam corked. — 5 months ago

Ericsson, romo and 14 others liked this

Domaine Les Roches (Alain et Jérome Lenoir)

Chinon Cabernet Franc 2005

Beautiful Loire Cabernet Franc, just a touch of green in the fruit, but with that cool climate feel, long finish, terrific wine, thanks to Eric Texier for telling us (my wine group) that Lenoir was making great Cab Franc!! — 7 months ago

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@Doug Powers Love the Texier anecdote
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@Ira Schwartz, all true, he took us to Domaine Chamonard (we were so cold tasting there that our teeth were literally chattering), also Lapalu and Janin in Beaujolais, always in his own cellars, and we’d spend a day at the Marche aux Vins in Ampuis!! In addition to making fabulous wines himself, Eric was so generous with his knowledge and connections, Lenoir in Chinon being another one!!
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@Doug Powers I know it’s all true. Some of the wine folks I hang out with are close to him and every time he would visit NYC they would have dinners with him. 

Domaine Bernard Baudry

La Croix Boissée Chinon Blanc Chenin Blanc

Ripe citrus fruits on the nose, good amount of acid but slight of sweetness almost like a baked apple — 6 years ago

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Olga Raffault

Chinon Cabernet Franc 2011

Hum
9.1

One of the best Cab Francs I’ve ever had ... stunning silky smooth vintage, profound complexity, yet subtle earth and finesse. — 7 years ago

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