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The August 2015 Internet-Only Auction Part 4
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Estimate: $25
Lightly scuffed label.
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93JG
"Today the wine offers up an excellent bouquet of cassis, cigar smoke, bell pepper, a touch of eucalyptus, gravelly soil tones, espresso and a bit of charred wood in the upper register. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, complex and now nicely blossomed, with a fine core of fruit, the inimitable soil signature of Franc de Pied, melting tannins and a very long, focused and tangy finish. I have always liked the cooler 2004 vintage for its purity and transparency, and though it is not probably quite in the same league as the subsequent years of 2005 or 2006 for central Loire cabernet franc, there is an awful lot of pleasure to be had in this vintage from top bottlings such as the Joguet Cabernet Franc de Pied."
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"Today the wine offers up an excellent bouquet of cassis, cigar smoke, bell pepper, a touch of eucalyptus, gravelly soil tones, espresso and a bit of charred wood in the upper register. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, complex and now nicely blossomed, with a fine core of fruit, the inimitable soil signature of Franc de Pied, melting tannins and a very long, focused and tangy finish. I have always liked the cooler 2004 vintage for its purity and transparency, and though it is not probably quite in the same league as the subsequent years of 2005 or 2006 for central Loire cabernet franc, there is an awful lot of pleasure to be had in this vintage from top bottlings such as the Joguet Cabernet Franc de Pied."
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An aromatic red grape lending perfume, red fruit and a leafy, savory edge. It thrives in the Loire and as a key blending partner in Bordeaux, especially Saint-Emilion.