Jean-Maurice Raffault, Chinon, Rouge, 2005
We don't often drink Loire valley wines (France), so this was fun to venture off the beaten track. Apparently the Chinon region is Cabernet Franc (with only up to 10% Cabernet Sauvignon). So, it's Cab Franc.
The nose was squash, stems, canned cherry pie filling, raspberry snuff, rhubarb, parsley (subtle), and chrysanthemum. The taste was prune (but hard to distinguish really), salad (yeah, I was tasting a salad, seriously), carrot celery juice, green olive, black cherry and raisin. And we're serious about that green olive, for it returns in the finish. But it quickly dissapates. A bit later, the finish had a pretty strong stem taste. Yep, pretty bitter, but not so much as to ruin it.
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6.0