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91 points John Gilman: "The 1996 Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil “Vieilles Vignes” is the first wine I have ever tasted from Domaine Taluau and I was quite impressed. Monsieur Taluau started with a couple of hectares of vines in 1970 and has planted more on his estate as the years have allowed; he was joined full-time at the domaine by his daughter Véronique and her husband, Thierry Foltzenlogel in 1993. The domaine’s ’96 Vieilles Vignes bottling of Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil is deep and complex on the nose, offering up scents of dark berries, cassis, tree ba...
Price: $34.99
Wine Spectator: "This fleshy red shows black cherry, spice and herb flavors with firm tannins. It has good concentration and while it's drinkable now, it should improve. " (06/1997) K&L Notes: Joël Taluau was a fabulous grower in St-Nicolas de Bourgueil known for making some of the purest expressions of Cabernet Franc in the Loire, unmarred by the intrusion of oak. He was also the first producer in the appellation to begin domaine bottling. After Joel passed away, his daughter Veronique now makes wines with the help of her husband, Thierry Foltzenlogel...
Price: $29.99
Wine Enthusiast: "This pale rosé sparkling wine is brightly crisp. With its attractive red currants and berryies cut with intense acidity, this young, tense and fruity wine is ready to drink. (RV)" (05/2018) K&L Notes: A wine with tiny, long-lasting bubbles, Deligeroy's Crémant de Loire Rosé is a lovely gleaming pink color with a delicate, nervy nose and aromas of fresh red fruit. It's lively on the attack and has enticing aromatic intensity and brightness. Well balanced in the mouth, this sparkler is enhanced by a fresh but subtle finish. Crafted usin...
Price: $14.99
When Jean Noel Millon took over winemaking and farming at his family's estate in 1998, he represented the seventh generation to do so. The 10-hectare farm is certified organic and Millon complements the soil with herbal teas and homemade composts to strengthen the vines' natural defenses.
Price: $24.99
A rich ruby red with notes of violets and red berry fruits, this Cabernet Franc is nicely layered on the palate with brightness running throughout and just a touch of smoke mixed in with some purple fruits. Soft waves of mineral with a nice soft tannin make this a true delight to drink. Domaine les Pins has been family run for five generations. They are a small artisanal producer that oversees every stage of production from start to finish themselves. They have roughly 30 hectares of Cabernet Franc spread out through the Bourgueil and Saint Nicolas de Bo...
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Joël Taluau is a fabulous grower in St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, known for making some of the purest expressions of Cabernet Franc in the Loire. All his hand-harvested cuvées are based on vine age and soil composition, and the wines are fermented and aged in stainless steel with a light fining and no filtration before bottling. The Vieilles Vignes, from a single plot planted in 1934, has power, depth and grace—it's no wonder why it's their flagship wine.
Price: $34.99
Joël Taluau was a fabulous grower in St-Nicolas de Bourgueil known for making some of the purest expressions of Cabernet Franc in the Loire, unmarred by the intrusion of oak. He was also the first producer in the appellation to begin domaine bottling. After Joel passed away, his daughter Veronique now makes wines with the help of her husband, Thierry Foltzenlogel.
Price: $13.99
93 points Wine Enthusiast: "This concentrated, dense wine has impressive black fruits that are sustained by still-young tannins. The ripeness is in balance, giving power to a wine that is still developing. Drink from 2024. (RV)" (05/2022) K&L Notes: Domaine les Pins has been family run for five generations. They are a small artisanal producer that oversees every stage of production from start to finish themselves. They have roughly 30 hectares of Cabernet Franc spread out through the Bourgueil and Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil appellations, and practice s...
Price: $17.99
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This is a fresh, snappy berry-driven rosé with delicate floral notes. It's bright and crisp, delicious with or without food. Domaine les Pins has been family run for five generations. They are a small artisanal producer that oversees every stage of the production from start to finish. They have roughly 30 hectares of Cabernet Franc spread out through the Bourgueil and St-Nicolas de Bourgueil appellations, practice sustainable farming, with each and every vine getting singular attention throughout the year. Vines of an average age of 25 years are planted ...
Price: $12.99
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When Jean Noel Millon took over winemaking and farming at his family's estate in 1998, he represented the seventh generation to do so. The 10-hectare farm is certified organic and Millon complements the soil with herbal teas and homemade composts to strengthen the vines' natural defenses. Winery tasting notes: "It is the emblematic wine of the estate with its aromatic expression of red fruit. The palate is crunchy and juicy with ripe, fresh fruit which gives it good drinkability." *Organic*
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Established over 50 years ago, the 4th generation of the Denis family now runs this operation. Julien is the winemaker, Stephane in charge of the viticulture and Vincent oversees the administration and sales. Over the last few decades the property has grown from 5 to 80 hectares that stretch across the appellation including some very select parcels in the Coteaux du Layon (home of one of the region's great dessert wines). The Anjou Villages is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Cabernet Franc grown on volcanic soils. This soil imparts a warmth tha...
Joël Taluau is a fabulous grower in St. Nicolas de Bourgueil known for making some of the purest expressions of Cabernet Franc in the Loire, which are unmarred by the intrusion of oak. He was also the first producer in the appellation to begin domaine bottling. These days, Joel makes wines with the help of his son-in-law, Thierry Foltzenlogel.
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Established over 50 years ago, the 4th generation of the Denis family now runs this operation. Julien is the winemaker, Stephane in charge of the viticulture and Vincent oversees the administration and sales. Over the last few decades the property has grown from 5 to 80 hectares that stretch across the appellation including some very select parcels in the Coteaux du Layon (home of one of the region's great dessert wines). The Anjou Rouge is 100% Cabernet Franc grown on schist soils. The wine is aged in tank preserving its fruit and regional character. Th...
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Established over 50 years ago, the 4th generation of the Denis family now runs this operation. Julien is the winemaker, Stephane in charge of the viticulture and Vincent oversees the administration and sales. Over the last few decades the property has grown from 5 to 80 hectares that stretch across the appellation including some very select parcels in the Coteaux du Layon (home of one of the region's great dessert wines). Cabernet d'Anjou is the traditional rosé of the region from Cabernet Franc. Brightly colored and a touch off-dry make for an appea...
Price: $12.99
Joël Taluau is a fabulous grower in St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, known for making some of the purest expressions of Cabernet Franc in the Loire. All his hand-harvested cuvées are based on vine age and soil composition, and the wines are fermented and aged in stainless steel with a light fining and no filtration before bottling. The Vieilles Vignes, from a single plot planted in 1934, has power, depth and grace; this, their flagship wine, will improve for the next 7-9 years but can be enjoyed now for those of you who like a mouthful of wine.
Price: $29.99
Joël Taluau is a fabulous grower in St. Nicolas de Bourgueil known for making some of the purest expressions of cabernet franc in the Loire. All is hand harvested, cuvees are based on vine age and soil composition. Then the wines are fermented and aged in stainless steel, with a light fining and no filtration before bottling.
Price: $59.99
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A reliable Cab Franc from 40-year-old vines, vinified in stainless steel. An approachable, quaffable red for Friday night pizza.
Price: $16.99
Joël Taluau was a fabulous grower in St-Nicolas de Bourgueil known for making some of the purest expressions of Cabernet Franc in the Loire, unmarred by the intrusion of oak. He was also the first producer in the appellation to begin domaine bottling. After Joel passed away, his daughter Veronique now makes wines with the help of her husband, Thierry Foltzenlogel. The Vieilles Vignes comes from 35 to 80-year-old vines on clay-limestone soils.
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90 points Vinous: "The 2017 Clos de la Côte is a savory, rich and oaky Cabernet Franc that's starting to show some early development. The mouthfeel is round, full and supple thanks to two years' maturation in barrel while there's good concentration of fruit. It's an impressive style offering ripeness without richness as well as expensive oak-derived vanilla nuances. There's a light sense of tension that comes from its chalky bedrock and the vintage. (RG)" (06/2022) K&L Notes: "I first met vigneron Jean-Noël Millon while attending an organic wine fair i...
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92 points John Gilman: "Evan Martin’s Cabernet Franc is sourced from three vineyards, all located in the northeastern corner of the Oregon, in or just outside of the Walla Walla Valley AVA (which extends also into neighboring Washington). All three vineyards, RockBar, Seven Hills and McClellan Estate, share the same stony alluvial soils, with the RockBar Vineyard (not surprisingly) the most stony of the three. The vines were planted between 1988 and 2003, with all three vineyards planted on ungrafted rootstocks. The wine was...
Price: $44.95
91 points Wine Spectator: "Lots of everything--rich, extracted earthy currant, mineral, mocha, herb, coffee and tobacco flavors accented by coconut-scented oak. Finishes with firm wall of tannins. Drink now through 2007." (05/01) 89-91 points Stephen Tanzer: "Cassis, black raspberry and clove on the nose. Supple, enticing dark berry flavors offer lovely sweetness. Dense and fat, with more extract to buffers its firm tannic structure. Finishes with a refreshing bitter edge. Nicely balanced, ripe cab franc." (May/June 99)
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91 points Int'l Wine Cellar: "Reticent but nuanced nose hints at currant, game, iron and coffee. A fruit bomb in the mouth, with fat, sweet flavors of redcurrant, raspberry, tobacco and smoked meat. As full-blown and ripe as this is on first blush, there's plenty of ripe tannins and firm acids underneath. In fact, this quickly shut down in the glass, suggesting that it will require at least six or seven years of aging. The thickest of these three vintages, but the young 2007 is more suave. (ST)" (05/2008) 90 points Vinous: "The 2005 Jean-Faure is a pot...
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The Château du Hureau is located in the small town of Dampierre-sur-Loire, about four miles east of Saumur and 15 miles west of Chinon. The Château itself is an impressive sight, with its 18th-century Mansard roof and octagonal tower topped by a boar-headed weathercock, from which the domaine takes its name—an hureau is an old, solitary wild boar. Behind the Château sits the winery, which was carved out of the limestone cliffs in the 13th century and overlooks the Loire river. For wine lovers, the cave is even more impressive than the Château, with numer...
Price: $18.99
93 points Wine Advocate: "The peppery, spicy and elegant 2021 Appellation San Carlos Cabernet Franc is fresh, varietal, nuanced and complex while keeping the alcohol to a moderate 13.6%, which makes it attractive and easy to drink, with nice balance and very fine tannins. I usually like the precision and symmetry in this lively wine that has a velvety mouthfeel. 96,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in November 2021. (LG)" (11/2022) 92 points Vinous: "The 2021 Cabernet Franc Catena Appellation San Carlos spent eight months in a third new barrels. Gar...
Price: $21.99
100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "A smaller production cuvée from a single parcel of the estate vineyard, the 2018 Maya Proprietary Red Wine is the normal 60/40 split of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon brought up in a mix of new and used barrels. Incredibly perfumed with complex notes of blue fruits, flowers, loamy earth, graphite, and tobacco, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, polished, silky tannins, no hard edges, and a finish that won’t quit. While this is a rich, concentrated wine, it’s the complexity, elegance, and finesse that define this...
Price: $499.99
100 points Jeb Dunnuck: "An utterly perfect wine from Alain Vauthier, the 2015 Château Ausone offers off the hook notes of crème de cassis, black raspberries, toasted spice and dried flowers, with more floral and mineral characteristics developing with time in the glass. Amazingly deep, full-bodied, pure and ethereally textured, with building density and tannin, it’s one of those wines that need to be tasted to be believed. Unfortunately, the production is minuscule (and expensive). A wine that will make your heart rate jump, give it 4-5 years of cellari...
Price: $759.99
94 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2017 Hexameter checks in as 47% Cabernet Franc, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 12% Merlot that was brought up in 60% new French oak. It has a terrific, spicy, complex style in its black raspberry and cassis fruits as well as notes of toasted bread, flowery incense, spice, and crushed flowers. Full-bodied, rich, and beautifully concentrated, it shows nicely integrated acidity, building tannins, and a great finish." (01/2020) 94 points Vinous: "The 2017 Hexameter, Ovid's Cabernet Franc-based blend, is bright and focused, with ton...
Price: $269.99
95 points Vinous: "The 2021 Cabernet Franc Curtis Vineyard is an exceptionally vivid, nuanced wine. Bright red-toned fruit, blood orange, mint and kirsch all race out of the glass. The 50% whole clusters are present, but not at all overpowering. More importantly, the 2021 screams with Franc character. This is a great, great wine. And it's a steal. (AG)"
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Celine and Benoit Blet, based in Anjou, work all natural, having gained organic certification in 2010. All their certified organic fruit is handled with the care and precision necessary to produce single varietal, natural wines. Soils are clay and sand, fermentations are carried out with native yeasts. The Anjou Demon is 100% Cabernet Franc. *Natural Wine* *No Sulfites Added*
Price: $24.99
98 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2018 Rapszodia (100% Cabernet Franc) is up with the finest expressions of this variety in the world, offing a dense purple hue as well as stunning notes of blackcurrants, dark chocolate, spring flowers, and scorched earth. More exotic violet and orange blossom notes develop with time in the glass, and it’s full-bodied and as seamless as they come. I’d happily drink bottles today, but it’s going to improve over the short-term and have 20-25 years of prime drinking. 98+ (JD)" (01/2021) 98 points Wine Advocate: "The 2018 Rapszo...
Price: $319.99
97 points Int'l Wine Review: "The 2017 'Rapszodia' is an absolutely brilliant showing in this vintage. Composed of 100% Cabernet Franc this instantly begins to impress with its striking aromas of blackcurrants and cassis that are woven together with pencil lead, tobacco, charcoal, spring flowers, dusty minerals, wet rocks and spices that all come together and emerge from the glass. On the palate this is just as impressive, boasting a medium to full body that is impeccably structured with beautifully polished tannins and a wonderful core of fresh ripe dar...
Price: $169.99
97 points Jeb Dunnuck: "The 2014 Rapszodia is the Saint-Emilion based cuvee of the estate (their reference is Ausone) and it’s 65% Cabernet Franc and 35% Merlot in 2014. Its deep purple color is followed by a thrilling bouquet of black cherries, currants, lead pencil shavings, spring flowers and a distinct minerality. As seamless, elegant and layered as they come, with fine, fine tannin, this full-bodied beauty will drink nicely for 15-20 years." (12/2017) 97 points James Suckling: "Fascinating aromas of rose petals, stems, ash and cherries follow thro...
Price: $199.99
Vinous: "The 2020 Collina Dalla Valle is soft, fruity and very easy to like. Bright red-toned fruit, spice, cedar, mint and tobacco are front and center. This Cabernet Franc-based red offers quite a bit of allure. I would prefer to drink it over the next few years. It’s a fine effort, especially for the vintage. (AG)" (02/2023)
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93 points Wine Spectator: "This sanguine, mineral-rich red boasts beautiful fruit purity layered with earth and tobacco. Features a fine, chalky tannic frame that encases red berry and crunchy plum notes around a spine of iron. Builds in concentration, with singed apple wood, green herbs and menthol echoing on the harmonious finish. (KB)" (10/2023) K&L Notes: Jacky Blot discovered wine as a junior pâtissier while working at a restaurant in Paris in his younger days. Eventually deciding to follow the winemaking track in life, he ultimately came to acqui...
Price: $36.99
Jacky Blot discovered wine as a junior pâtissier while working at a restaurant in Paris in his younger days. Eventually deciding to follow the winemaking track in life, he ultimately came to acquire the Domaine la Taille aux Loups in Montlouis-sur-Loire, some twenty years ago, and eventually added the Domaine de la Butte in Bourgueil to his portfolio. The two appellations both reside along the Loire and perhaps do not have the same notoriety as their kissing cousins, Vouvray and Chinon. But what Jacky does is extremely special and his wines rival the qua...
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94 points Decanter: "Enticing smoky notes waft from the glass, leading to a richly textured palate. It is quite tight and closed at the moment, but the finish is infinitely long and you can sense the potential from its well-balanced fruit, tannins and acidity. Naturally this needs more time in bottle, and has the potential for a higher score. Jacky and Joëlle Blot bought the 16-hectare Domaine de la Butte in 2002 and since then have been making a marvellous range of Bourgueils. The vines are planted on steep, south-facing slopes on clay-limestone soils a...
Price: $32.99
Hendry Vineyard sits just west of the town Napa, at the cool end of the valley near Carneros. Hendry originally planted their Cabernet Franc with the intention of only blending with their Sauvignon, but upon developing the style and strengths of their offerings they decided to bottle individual varietals separately on a limited basis. They have only two blocks of Cabernet Franc which are grafted to St. George rootstocks; renowned for low yields and particularly high quality grapes. The wine is aged in 40% new French oak for 15 months. It is a paragon of ...
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93 points Decanter: "This wine is a tremendous value, a savoury and sophisticated Cabernet Franc for under $30. This wine's complexity makes a mockery of many wines 3x the price—gorgeous aromatics of clove, baking chocolate, Mediterranean scrub and racy blackberry. The lean palate shows great tension as it introduces blue fruits, savoury herbs and crushed stone minerality—a delicious delight. (CP)" (07/2023) 93 points James Suckling: "This is very racy and focused with precision. Medium body with fine linear tannins that give the wine definition. Black...
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Jancis Robinson: "Certified organic. No sulphite addition. Aged six months in concrete tank. Light and airy but very pure. More red-fruit notes than dark. Light, fine tannins and tangy acidity. Seems ready to go. (JL)" (05/2022) K&L Notes: The Terres Rouges name comes from a collection of south-facing vineyards on the Saumur-Champigny’s most southern hill, Saint-Cyr-en-Bourg. The 45-year-old Cabernet Franc vines that create this wine grow in clay limestone soil. *Biodynamic*
Price: $25.99