Chateau de Fosse-Seche Saumur Eolithe Rouge 2019
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The Fosse-Sèche 2019 Eolithe is absolutely beautiful again in its purity, freshness and iron-scented floral and fruity expression of violets and licorice as well as perfectly ripe cherries, cranberries, black and red currants and black berries. Pure, fresh and silky on the palate, with delicate tannins and the gorgeously ripe and immaculate juice of ripe black berries, cassis and cherries again, this former Saumur, now Vin de France, is one of my favorite bistro red wines from planet wine. It's impossible not to love it. The maceration is rather short ( three to 15 days), and the aging in concrete takes 14 months. Don't drink this delicious and intense Cabernet Franc (with 1% Cabernet Sauvignon) too warm but, just as the Chenin, at 13 to 14 degrees Celsius or, as a soloist, even at 16 degrees Celsius. The 2010 is quite powerful but always silky and elegant, with very fine tannins. It can surely age for 20 and many more years, but it already drinks beautifully. 13% natural alcohol. Tasted in January 2021.
Cabernet Franc, a proud parent of Cabernet Sauvignon, is the subtler and more delicate of the Cabernets. Today Cabernet Franc produces outstanding single varietal wines across the wine-producing world. Somm Secret—One of California's best-kept secrets is the Happy Canyon appellation of Santa Barbara. Here Cabernet Franc shines as a single varietal wine or in blends, expressing sumptuous fruit, savory aromas and polished tannins.
Marked by great châteaux built with the same tuffeau limestone that is also responsible for the excavation of so many of the famed Loire caves, Saumur is famous for its Chenin blanc based sparkling wines. Inside the Saumur region, Saumur-Champigny creates some of the Loire’s greatest Cabernet Francs.