Chinon

Château du Petit Thouars

L'Epée Chinon Cabernet Franc

Silky smooth tannin, with a dark fruits and bit of earth and spice - far more elegant and complex than the price tag suggests!! Drink this wine!! — 8 months ago

Olga Raffault

Champ-Chenin Chinon Chenin Blanc 2018

17+ full, long — 3 years ago

Peter, Kirsten and 7 others liked this

Catherine et Pierre Breton

Beaumont Chinon Cabernet Franc 2015

Matt P
9.2

Dark olive and bay leaf with plum. Hint of charcoal — 4 years ago

Domaine Bernard Baudry

Chinon Blanc Chenin Blanc

On another day, I’d love this. Too serious for today. — 5 years ago

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Domaine Fabrice Gasnier

Chinon Vieilles Vignes Cabernet Franc 2017

Needs a couple of days open for the brett-stink to settle down. Afterwards, it’s raspberry, wrapper leaf and an appropriate and savory Cab Franc stemminess. This may be something special in a few years. — 6 years ago

Serge, Amr and 1 other liked this

Domaine Bernard Baudry

Chinon Cabernet Franc Rosé

Deliciously flinty and vibrant — 7 years ago

Messanges

Chinon Cabernet Franc Rosé 2016

Wonderful Cab Franc Rose. We will be drinking a lot of this one. — 8 years ago

Jean-Maurice Raffault

Chinon Cabernet Franc Rosé 2014

Yum! I love the rose season. This is a clean, crisp rose... I would drink it anytime from April thru September. It reminds us of our trip thru the Loire Valley. — 9 years ago

Domaine de Beauséjour

Chinon Cabernet Franc 2009

Marc Stubblefield
9.0

Classic, rustic cab franc. The slightly warm vintage shows here by pushing the vegetal flavors behind lots of red and black fruit. Needs food. — 10 years ago

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jason carey DipWSET

I used to buy this a lot. Like it a lot
Marc Stubblefield

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A really nice expression of Chinon.

Domaine Grosbois

Gabare Chinon Cabernet Franc 2013

Super pretty fresh deep franc fruit — 10 years ago

Couly-Dutheil

Clos de l'Olive Chinon Cabernet Franc 1989

Opened a great wine at the wrong time. Clocking at 35yo, like a wise grandpa it has wisdom to share but only talks when it’s quiet. Right after opening it has a mix of ripe, evolved pyrazines but with an hour or so the black olives are there in your face like in cote rotie, with a touch of their brine but without the VA you would expect. dried black fruit makes an appearance, even a medium bodied texture (!!!) which already isn’t Chinon’s strength and fine tannins still with some good grip, leading to a bright lingering acidity. Of course it can’t stay too long in the glass as the age shows some fragility. Still, it delivers — 10 months ago

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Charles Joguet

Les Petites Roches Chinon Cabernet Franc 2012

Nose has chalkboard dust, mashed cherries, raspberry, ripe currant, oak bark, (minor) moist garden soil, milk chocolate bar and moist pipe tobacco.

Palate has crushed cherries, orange peel, ripe black currant, blackberry, graphite and medium tannins. Long finish, amazing bottle this evening.

About two years since our last bottle, doing very, very well this evening, can hold another 6-12Y (2026-32) in proper storage.
— 5 years ago

Daniel, Eric and 42 others liked this

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 — 5 years ago

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Domaine Bernard Baudry

Les Granges Chinon Cabernet Franc

This is an excellent modern-day entry level Cabernet Franc. Dazzlingly simple, yet awash with refreshing weight, dark fruit, Chinese spices, and a subtle dollop of black/green tea. If you are looking for something less obvious go back to red Burgundy. (This red straddles old world structure with new world gloss. I fear gloss will eventually win out. But for now...👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾) — 6 years ago

Domaine Bernard Baudry

Chinon Cabernet Franc

One of my favorite go to wines — 7 years ago

Marc Brédif

Chinon Cabernet Franc 2012

Damp soil, cut grass, cut parsley, Blackcurrant, dried leaves, raspberry and shaved pencil. Fantastic value for money here — 9 years ago

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Catherine et Pierre Breton

Chinon Cabernet Franc 2013

Earthy delight - well balanced — 9 years ago

Philippe Alliet

Coteau de Noiré Chinon Cabernet Franc 2010

2010
Très grande matière, tonne de réglisse.
— 10 years ago

Sylvain Letourneau
with Sylvain
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Domaine de L'R

Le Canal des Grands Pieces Chinon Cabernet Franc 2011

Beaucoup de chair, super équilibré, vraiment délicieux, coup de cœur. — 12 years ago

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Vinealis, chapeau M.Papineau

Charles Joguet

Clos du Chêne Vert Chinon Cabernet Franc 2017

Bright medium ruby , perhaps a little more ruby on the rim than the Clos de la Dioterie . More sweetly fruited , with more red fruits than dark , spiced cherry , strawberry, raspberry , rose , roast red pepper, cranberry. Quite rounded tannin , balanced acidity . On the palate mixed summer fruits with strawberry , red cherry with good density, quite juicy but well balanced . Roasted pepper , spicy cherry , wet slate infused finish with medium length. This probably will improve over the next 5 or so years and last well a further 5-8 — 10 months ago

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Couly-Dutheil

Les Chanteaux Chinon Chenin Blanc

Crisp, clean with kiwi hints and nerds candy — 3 years ago

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

Les Georges Chinon Cabernet Franc

Tart cherry and dryness but mucho sabor — 5 years ago

Couly-Dutheil

René Couly Chinon Cabernet Franc Rosé

Delicious with our homemade pizza! — 6 years ago

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Charles Joguet

Cuvée Terroir Chinon Cabernet Franc

Like this wine but doesn’t have the power that some of his other wines have pencil lead iron cherry fruit - liked it from an aromatic standpoint more than flavor and finish — 7 years ago

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Domaine Grosbois

La Cuisine de Ma Mère Chinon Cabernet Franc 2014

Exuberant fruit, no vegetal notes, round texture. Buy and re-buy. — 9 years ago