Rambunctious and bracing, heady tomato fuzz and black-cherry burnt fruit leather go head-to-head, but there is strawberry Twizzler at the end of the tunnel. Dried spit and worn leather work gratingly from nose to mouthfeel, introducing a warm, rustic, and rather simple fruit to your whole family. The lopsided tear of a country song cauterizes the gash left by pithy dry steel, searing and sizzling into the strong herb-tincture finish.
This is BEAUTIFUL Loire cab franc, holy wow and under 25 bucks.
2016 DOMAINE DE LA HAUTE OLIVE ‘Le Chene Vert’ Cabernet Franc Chinon Loire Valley 13.0
Stephen McConnell 