Joël Taluau

St-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil Vieilles Vignes Cabernet Franc

9.014 ratings
9.41 pro ratings
Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
Cabernet Franc
Exotic Spices, Baking Spices, Hard Cheese, Blue Cheese, Chili & Hot Spicy, Pungent Cheese, Potato, White Rice, Herbs, Tomato-Based, Pasta, Mushrooms, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Salami & Prosciutto, Beef, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Lamb, Turkey, Pork, Duck, Venison
Top Notes For
Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.4

Drinking much younger than expected. Still plenty of fruit and drinking at peak. Should go another 20, no problem!

Drinking much younger than expected. Still plenty of fruit and drinking at peak. Should go another 20, no problem!

Nov 29th, 2023
Joe Rice

Others enjoyed this more than I. Well made and classic herbaceousness.

Others enjoyed this more than I. Well made and classic herbaceousness.

1 person found it helpfulOct 30th, 2016
Peter C

Totally food wine. Had it with kofta beef spiked with serious cumin. Good match.

Totally food wine. Had it with kofta beef spiked with serious cumin. Good match.

Aug 19th, 2022
Alex Arocha

Extremely aromatic. Pyrazines still too wild after 30 years

Extremely aromatic. Pyrazines still too wild after 30 years

Apr 3rd, 2019
Brendan Baker

Dried Blackberry, green bell pepper, tobacco, fine resolved tannin. Great QPR and a lot of life left

Dried Blackberry, green bell pepper, tobacco, fine resolved tannin. Great QPR and a lot of life left

Sep 28th, 2018
Brendan Baker

Bell pepper, jalapeño, briar, resolved tannin, so nice

Bell pepper, jalapeño, briar, resolved tannin, so nice

Mar 5th, 2017
Guillermo Camacho

Guillermo had this 4 years ago

Guillermo had this 4 years ago

Dec 17th, 2019
MDB
9.0

MDB had this 5 years ago

MDB had this 5 years ago

Sep 14th, 2019
Gerry Pin

Gerry had this 5 years ago

Gerry had this 5 years ago

May 16th, 2019
Tomas Hamudis

Tomas had this 7 years ago

Tomas had this 7 years ago

Apr 14th, 2017