http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/tags/loire/ Decanterberry Tales - A Willamette Valley Wine Blog ... wine, pinot noir, etc en Decanterberrytales.com Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:19:00 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/2008/11/27/1227802830061.html <img width="188" height="250" src="http://dnj.netx.net/view/0180/p_18038.jpg" alt="" /><img width="188" height="250" src="http://dnj.netx.net/view/0180/p_18037.jpg" alt="" /><br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <strong>Cost:&nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="72" height="22" align="absmiddle" alt="" src="/images/2dollars.png" /><br /> <br /> Rating:&nbsp;<img align="absmiddle" alt="" src="/images/60stars.png" />&nbsp;&nbsp; 6.0</strong> http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/2008/11/27/1227802830061.html#comments http://decanterberrytales.com/blog/2008/11/27/1227802830061.html Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:20:30 GMT