Wine Review - 2009 Frederic Mabileau Les Rouillères
This wine was a purchase based upon the recommendation of one of the staff at Bishop's Cellar here in Halifax ( @BishopsCellar ). We were inquiring about their Chinon/Cab Franc selection and he mentioned this wine from Frederic Mabileau in the St. Nicolas De Bourgueil region in the Loire Valley, which they found on a recent purchasing trip to the Loire. This is a smaller producer who makes a lot of Cab Franc based wines. This particular one was a favorite of theirs, so much so, they imported some for sale. Being we are on the hunt for good Cab Franc, we purchased this one which is just a bit outside our normal purchase price range at $27 Cdn. So, we decided to break into this one tonight to give it a try. Once opened and decanted, we noticed right off that the wine is unfiltered and cloudy. This added a lot of flavour to the wine but also added a slight chaulkiness to it as well (very...