Sarah Ahmed – The Wine Detective

Four great reasons to drink Loire Cabernet Franc

There’s lots of excitement about the Loire 2010 vintage – see last Thursday’s blog post so, before 2010 fever overtakes me with the upcoming Loire Salon, below you’ll find my tasting notes on some truly beguiling Loire Cabernet Francs tasted recently for a couple of book contributions on which I’ve been working. Each embodies all that’s good and [...]

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Two skinny Loire stars: French Connection Classics Saumur Champigny 2008 & Huet Vouvray Le Mont Demi-sec 2002

The New Year ushers in a fiscal tightening of the belt and resolutions of the type aimed at tightening actual belts, so how about a cut price, trophy-winning red which weighs in at a feather-weight 12.5%? French Connection Classics Saumur Champigny 2008 is made by Eric Laurent, the gifted winemaker at the Cave de Saumur, [...]

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