Yannick Amirault

Le Grand Clos Bourgueil Cabernet Franc

8.95 ratings

9.01 pro ratings

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

9.0

Love me some cab franc from the Loire. Easy drinking and perhaps a little less rustic then I'd like, but it's got some spice, some herbs and decent acid.

Love me some cab franc from the Loire. Easy drinking and perhaps a little less rustic then I'd like, but it's got some spice, some herbs and decent acid.

Apr 4th, 2017

8.9

Fermented aroma. Herb, mid + body. Spicy. Enough tanning. Complexity. Blue and black berry. @1300, KPing -JH, 200219

Fermented aroma. Herb, mid + body. Spicy. Enough tanning. Complexity. Blue and black berry. @1300, KPing -JH, 200219

Feb 19th, 2020

8.9

Really nice expression of Cabernet Franc.

Really nice expression of Cabernet Franc.

May 17th, 2018

At the Spectrum wine direct. Didn't rate. Dry, darker and more complex. Still a bit sour.

At the Spectrum wine direct. Didn't rate. Dry, darker and more complex. Still a bit sour.

Apr 29th, 2017

8.8

POLLUX had this 7 years ago

POLLUX had this 7 years ago

Jul 9th, 2018

Grégory Schaub

8.9

Grégory had this 8 years ago

Grégory had this 8 years ago

Oct 8th, 2017