Domaine de l'Ecu (Guy Bossard)

Invictus Red Blend

9.08 ratings
9.42 pro ratings
Loire Valley, France
Red Blend
Game, Baking Spices, Duck, Goose, Potato, Chili & Hot Spicy, White Rice, Exotic Spices, Pasta, Herbs, Beans & Peas, Onion, Chicken, Pork, Venison, Salami & Prosciutto, Pungent Cheese, Soft Cheese, Mushrooms, Tomato-Based, Turkey, Veal, Hard Cheese
Top Notes For
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Just a great wine. 100% amphorae aged and fermented Cabernet Franc from vineyards in Muscadet. Much more open than last bottle. Gorgeous pure berry fruit. Mid season cherry. Some cassis. Spice. Resin. Almost smells like an e an m Grand Cru. Unreal florals, herbals and spice. Sick nose 9.6 nose. Leather. So complex. Just sick. Just noticed 11.5% alcohol. Deep, tannic and ripe. Big tannins but so elegant and finesse driven. Obvious structure and tannins place all over the mouth. Sappy and barely sweet with immense power and depth. Concentrated tiny berry fruit. Juicy and pure. So long and deep but also has so much more fruit, structure and other good stuff in reserve. So good.

Just a great wine. 100% amphorae aged and fermented Cabernet Franc from vineyards in Muscadet. Much more open than last bottle. Gorgeous pure berry fruit. Mid season cherry. Some cassis. Spice. Resin. Almost smells like an e an m Grand Cru. Unreal florals, herbals and spice. Sick nose 9.6 nose. Leather. So complex. Just sick. Just noticed 11.5% alcohol. Deep, tannic and ripe. Big tannins but so elegant and finesse driven. Obvious structure and tannins place all over the mouth. Sappy and barely sweet with immense power and depth. Concentrated tiny berry fruit. Juicy and pure. So long and deep but also has so much more fruit, structure and other good stuff in reserve. So good.

Feb 12th, 2020
Matthew Cohen

Really great cab franc. Juicy. Balanced. Delicious.

Really great cab franc. Juicy. Balanced. Delicious.

1 person found it helpfulAug 28th, 2017
Jordi Pazo

Vila. Cata Tintos del Loira. CF 100%. 51,50
22.10.18

Vila. Cata Tintos del Loira. CF 100%. 51,50
22.10.18

Oct 22nd, 2018
Marcio Morelli

Maceração de 8 meses em ânforas.
Sans sulfite ajouté.
1360 garrafas.
11,5% alc
W/ winestache

Maceração de 8 meses em ânforas.
Sans sulfite ajouté.
1360 garrafas.
11,5% alc
W/ winestache

Nov 15th, 2017
Wine ATL

Wine had this 6 years ago

Wine had this 6 years ago

Feb 11th, 2019
Serge Mismetti

Serge had this 6 years ago

Serge had this 6 years ago

Nov 3rd, 2018