Another bottle with Charly at the lake:) — 10 years ago
Gang of Four son. Started his own thing at 22. He knows how to treat Gamay. Looking forward to growing old with these. — 11 years ago
Smooth and elegant — 12 years ago
Buttery, minerally, lemon peel, very well balanced — 9 years ago
Delightful white. Done in STEELE. Light, strong citrus. Will go great with lightly spicy food. — 9 years ago
Bar Charly.
14.12.16 — 10 years ago
Awww shit, my first Rougeard! So stoked on this. As a Loire Cab Franc nut, getting to taste this is amazing and it definitely lives up to expectations. Hope I can get my hands on a bottle of Les Bourg or Les Poyeux sometime, because even this appellation-level bottle is insane. This pours a ruby-garnet hue of medium (-) to medium concentration, fading to a burnished pink rim that is just starting to show signs of age. Moderately concentrated, elegant, ethereal nose of perfectly-ripe wild raspberry and blackberry, crushed rose petals, graphite and pencil shavings, lightly grilled green bell pepper, and a smidge of already really well integrated new oak that comes across in this particular wine as a subtle espresso undertone. On the palate, the fruit character is ever-so-slightly underripe (in a positive, refreshing manner) and there's an extra shot of cool graphite mineral intensity but otherwise is pretty congruent with the nose. Perfect amount of pyrazine character; enough to add complexity and freshness yet doesn't dominate at all. Medium (-) to medium body, medium (+) acid, and medium to medium (+) intensity of incredibly fine grained, supple tannins. Insane complexity and length. Honestly between the oak and incredibly skillful phenolic extraction, the texture is the most intriguing thing about this wine. Definitely worth the hype. I somehow managed to snag his for under $100 too so I'm pretty stoked on that too, haha. Definitely could keep going in the cellar for a while but honestly still delicious now especially if you give it some air. Some pretty incredible stuff. Also, RIP Charly Foucault. — 9 years ago

Fare well Charly — 11 years ago
Dense and loads of acid — 11 years ago
Please had this 12 years ago
Andrew Lohse
Underripe peach, white flowers. Salinity on the nose / minerality on the palate. Juicy acid and great balance. Notable paucity of citrus. — 9 years ago