Chinon Wine
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Janine de Jonge
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Chinon on Snooth
GregT
Funny. I put together a CF tasting this week. Some good stuff too. All CA, ... the Loire. Just a great Chinon from a ripe and delicious year.
dmcker
Yes, Zufrieden, France is certainly the home of CF and still, to my taste, too, ... describe. I've had a lot of Chinon (many quite delicious, while the lessers are, yes, too herbaceous), and some of the delicious Cheval...
I am curious why nobody has mentioned the proverbial home of Cabernet Franc ... the Loire such as Bourgueil, Chinon and other Touraine reds. A word of warning though: in poorer vintages, these wines can be a bit acidic,...
aronowm2
tea leaf green and a bit young. bordeaux/chinon like in it's vegetali. I am now making up words because I have already used up all of my negative ones in past reviews and I'm trying to be original. smells better than it...
Pyrifera
Had the 2006 at Absinthe. Nice, not as heavy as I was expecting. Nice structure and some good acidity even, but not terribly fruit forward, or leathery.
I don't think about it all that often. But with rice that's full of chicken ... grenache or zin. But Chinon and some Cotes du Rhones and some of the Touraines I tried today work really well. Swiss pinot is along those...
Oak, tobacco and pepper on the nose. Red fruit, earth, wood and some mineral flavors. Overall full bodied with well-rounded tannins and a spicy finish. Initially there was some astringency, but after breathing for 1.5-2...
Gregory Dal Piaz
So while my first reactions while reading this were to start by recommending a ... a Cabernet Franc from Chinon though the sweetness of the pea puree is tough with Cabernet tannins. No better to go to a nice Beaujolais...
edub
Nice wine that is well balanced with good acidity and finesse. The nose was a ... blind, I would say it was a Chinon. Nice red fruits with a bit of spice, and medium body. After a few hours of air, this wine starting to...
Popular Wineries in Chinon
- Pallus Chinon
- Philippe Alliet
- Domaine Jacques Grosbois
- Domaine de la Noblaie
- Domaine Bernard Baudry
- Fabrice Gasnier
- Charles Joguet
- Olga Raffault
- Jean-Maurice Raffault
- Couly-Dutheil
- Olek-Mery
- Château de Coulaine
- Pierre Ferrand
- Château de la Grille
- Domaine Beatrice et Pascal Lambert
- Domaine de Beausejour
- Domaine de Noire
- Domaine Wilfrid Rousse
- Alain Lorieux
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