Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

And I like it. But I understand Jimhow point of view on the 2007, as this 2012 is far away from the concentration of any red Bordeaux.

A medium red color, with medium intense aromas of cocoa, herbs, red berries, and spicy raw meat. In mouth, mixture of red berries, concentrated red cherries, wood, red peppers. Stay light in mouth, but still long, light to medium tanins. The final is flowery with lilac and violet flowers and light prune. I like that very drinkable style, while being quite intellectual wine. Even if it feel watery, it has some intensity too. A not easy to understand, very genuinely well made wine. Tn: 88.

Nic

I agree with your impressions Nic. I think of Loire Cab Franc as on an intensity spectrum somewhere between Beaujolais and Bordeaux, if that makes any sense given that Beaujolais is a totally different grape.

I am ok with some green notes but Cab Franc has so much of it that it needs to be a really ripe year in the Loire for those wines to hit my sweet spot.

I agree with you David, on the Beaujolais mix with Bordeaux analogy.

Last night, the two wines that 2012 Chinon reminded me were the Guy Breton Morgon and Chateau le Puy, an organic Bordeaux Côtes de Francs.

Nic

Like Beaujolais without the charm...

One day, you'll understand Loire Cabernet Franc. I concede that a nation that elect Trump, is not mature yet, to understand Chinon...

Nic