Domaine de la Colline Chinon 2020 750ml Right Bank really good

really good

93 pts Burghound

Barrel fermented in 33% new oak plus eight months spent on the lees

Five days of skin contact before a soft press

and macerated for 10–15 days before natural fermentation in stainless steel

Domaine de la Colline Chinon 2020 750ml Right Bank really goodFRANCE : LOIRE VALLEY : CHINON CONVENTIONAL : Cabernet Franc MED BODIED, WILD STRAWBERRY, VIOLET, BLACKBERRY, CEDAR, NEUTRAL OAK Domaine de la Colline farms six and a half hectares planted exclusively to Cabernet Franc across two distinct soil types in the Touraine: gravelly terraces that produce lighter, fresher spring wines, and argilo calcareous hillsides that add structure and length. The 2020 draws from both. It was a fine year for the Loires