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Charles Joguet, Silènes Chinon, 2012, Loire, France

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Charles Joguet, Silènes Chinon, 2012, Loire, France

Charles Joguet, Silènes Chinon, 2012, Loire, France

Charles Joguet, Silènes Chinon, 2012, Loire, France

Charles Joguet, Silènes Chinon, 2012, Loire, France

Charles Joguet makes some wonderful wines and I have been to the vineyard twice and tasted some of them. This 2012 Silènes Chinon, 2012 though should have been drunk a fee years ago.its not aged as I had hoped/ expected from a top producer making cabernet Franc wine. Theres little aroma of the red fruit, plum, tobacco and leather that should be there, the flavours are washed out with only hints of what should be. The tannins are there and the dryness too.

It’s a lesson to drink on an occasion rather than waiting for the perfect occasion.

 

 

Coteaux du Vendômois, Cuvée Prestige, 2014, Loire, France

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Coteaux du Vendômois, Cuvée Prestige, 2014, Loire, France

Coteaux du Vendômois, Cuvée Prestige, 2014, Loire, France

This Cuvée Prestige from Coteaux du Vendômois is an interesting red. It’s made from Pineau d Aunis, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc and has soft flavours of red fruits such as raspberry and redcurrant and is pretty dry but the tannins are soft and this makes it a very easy wine to drink, no food needed with this red. Try with lamb, duck or tomato sauce based pasta if having with food.

It’s only Eur6 a bottle which makes it great value.

 

Coteaux du Vendômois, Montagne Blanche, 2016, Loire, France

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Coteaux du Vendômois, Montagne Blanche, 2016, Loire, France

Coteaux du Vendômois, Montagne Blanche, 2016, Loire, France

Coteaux du Vendômois, Montagne Blanche is a rose from the Loire, France and it’s quite typical of the roses from the region this is not to say a bad thing but it does differ from the typical Provence roses that people see in the market in the UK. This has a copper colour which would normally indicate big bold flavours but the flavours quite subtle and you get hints of raspberry, strawberry and red currant but the crispness and dryness is what is immediate.

This is a drinking wine and probably should have been drunk a year or two ago so I’m not going to put it down too much. It’s a easy drinking summer wine either with salad or on its own.

Domaine Richou, La Grande Selection, Loire, France

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Domaine Richou, la Grande Selection, Loire, France

Domaine Richou, la Grande Selection, Loire, France

I like Domaine Richou wines and this desert wine is interesting. It’s sweet but not sticky in the flavours are defined but not overpowering. You get some honey and apricot but these are subtle, there’s a little bit of oxidization but only a hints, but that’s because we’ve left it too long. The deep orange colour is quite unusual but this does not attract from wine.

 

Château Pierre-Bise, Coteaux du Layon-Beaulieu, Clos de la Soucherie, 2005, Loire, France

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Château Pierre-Bise, Coteaux du Layon-Beaulieu, Clos de la Soucherie, 2005, Loire, France

Château Pierre-Bise, Coteaux du Layon-Beaulieu, Clos de la Soucherie, 2005, Loire, France

Sometimes there’s a wine that is so good, so yummy that you savour every drop and this Château Pierre-Bise, Coteaux du Layon-Beaulieu, Clos de la Soucherie, a desert wine is one of these.

Its got aromas of baked fruits, raisins and these just hang there. The taste is rich all round with the baked fruit coming though, its not overly sticky but each drop is full of flavour. I could go on about who fabulous this is but I would just drink it.

Wonderful with cheese or on its own.

Les Clos de la Seigneurie, Cabernet Franc, Loire, France

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The Loire valley produce some of the world’s greatest Cabernet Franc and this Les Clos de la Seigneurie, Cabernet Franc is half decent. Not amazing but worth drinking. It’s very dry and there’s aromas of cherry and redcurrant with flavours of sour cherry that seem to take over from the other red fruit that’s there, it’s just there other flavours are too subtle. It’s cheap Cabernet Franc that’s drinkable and easy going with food, in our case steak and ale pie with veg in front of the Christmas tree.

Les Clos de la Seigneurie, Cabernet Franc, Loire, France

Les Clos de la Seigneurie, Cabernet Franc, Loire, France

 

Chateau De Fesles, rosé d’Anjou, La Capelle, 2018, Loire, France

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Deep strawberry color with an orange note this is quite an aromic wine with notes of strawberry, redcurrant, orange and hints of grass which feed into the taste. It’s a sweeter wine on the taste buds but it’s quite dry and acidic. It’s a bigger rose wine in some ways, heavier and more complex than you may think, it’s not a drink and guzzle wine, more a sit and sip with food. A wine for cheese and biscuits certainly.

At about £12 a bottle it’s reasonable value for something that is a bit different.

 

Richou, L’ R Osé, Loire, France

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Richou, L' R Osé, Loire, France

Richou, L’ R Osé, Loire, France

Loire rose often comes second to Provence rose but it does it a disservice, Richou shows what a great rose region the Loire is. Its made with Gamay and Cabernet Sauvignon and you get a darker rose in colour because of these grapes used. This is a not a cheap rose but at £10 a bottle feels priced correctly. This is an off dry, fruit driven rose with just the right amount of acidity. You get strawberries on the nose with redcurrant under notes.

The smell is more noticeable than the taste, you get the flavours but they are down a notch on the smell. In many ways that’s a provence style wine, a bit more flavour would have been nice, buts its great summer wine.

Domaine de Rocheville, Le Prince, Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France

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Made with Cabernet Franc this is a typical Loire red wine, pretty good too getting a bronze medal at the Decanter World Wine Awards.

Its not got the most intense aromas, you get cherry, plum and undertones of pepper and tobacco. Its dry, a decent hit of acidity and firm but not overpowering tannins. You get red and black fruits flavours adding to the aromas.

We had it with and without food and found it equally good. At £16 a bottle its not cheap and a little over priced but its nice.

Domaine de Rocheville, Le Prince, Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France

Domaine de Rocheville, Le Prince, Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France