Friday 22 September 2017

Frédéric Mabileau St. Nicolas de Bourgueil Les Rouillères 2015

From - Loire, Fr.
Grape - Cabernet Franc
Alcohol - 12.5%
From - jouwwijnvriend.nl (Marius), The Wine Society - thewinesociety.com
Price - £12.50 or 12.99euro

Appearance - Clear, medium intensity, purple

Nose - Clean, medium+ intensity, red fruit of cherries and raspberries, herbal (leafy). Youthful.

Palate - Dry, medium+ acid, long, medium alcohol, medium body, medium- tannin, medium+ acid.   Red fruit of raspberry, cherry, red plum, redcurrant.

Very good quality.  Drink now.

This is a really classy and beautifully made, organic red wine, and is highly recommended.  It has a stylish and simple label that emphasises the natural and traditional wine growing and making.  This wine, at this price, is a great example of how Marius in the Netherlands and The Wine Society in the UK do excellent wine at a great price. 


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