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Frederic Mabileau Racines offers lovely drinking right now. It smells like old-school Cabernet. The palate is elegant, long and fresh.
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Frederic Mabileau Racines 2015 offers lovely drinking right now. It shows mint, currants, with a herbal and menthol streak. It smells like old-school Cabernet.
The palate is elegant, spicy, fine, stoney and clay-like. Frederic Mabileau Racines 2015 is long finishing and fresh. There are hints of development, but It is right in the window for drinking and enjoying.
Frederic Mabileau Racines comes from close to the river. Racines means “roots” and is a nod to Frederic’s grandfather, who planted the parcel. The fruit comes from 46-year-old vines on a two-hectare plot on clay and gravel.
Frederic Mabileau Racines Bourgueil Cabernet Franc 2015, and all wines are eligible for at least 5% off any six bottles. And 10% off any 12 bottles. Some wines will be at a more significant discount and not subject to further discounts.
Frederic Mabileau is an organic-certified, biodynamic estate in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil in the Loire. The Mabuleau family history dates back to 1620 in the Loire. Frederic Mabileau, with his wife, planted their first vines in 1988 at the parcel Rouillères. In 2003, Frederic Mabileau and Nathalie took over his father’s Domaine and combined the two. In 2020 sons Charly and Remy had to step in and help Nathalie run the domain.
Today they own 28 hectares across the Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil, Bourgueil, Saumur and Anjou appellations. Domaine Frederic Mabileau is considered one of the leading producers in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil.
Frederic Mabileau Racines Bourgueil Cabernet Franc 2015 Wine Reviews
Roger Voss
Wine Enthusiast
93 points
May 2019
“Richly structured, this dense wine has firm tannins as well as ripe black-currant fruits. A smoky, perfumed character shows well against the smooth texture. It is just now ready to drink, still fresh and structured.”
Decanter Magazine
92 points
June 2018
“Fragrant black fruit aromas, initially very seductive. Palate complete and harmonious, fresh, with dried currant and juniper berry, green peppercorn, crushed rocks and mint. Delicious, quite classic, shows substance and potential as well.”
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the parents of Cabernet Sauvignon, along with Sauvignon Blanc (oh! The name makes sense now!). It is most famous for being the third most crucial grape in quality Bordeaux. But also excels in the Loire Valley (where it lived before it went to Bordeaux), especially Chinon and Saumur. The wines are bright red, highlight aromatics with raspberries, rose petals, violets along with tobacco, cassis and some herbal elements. The best examples can live as long as any great wine.
Bourgueil
The highly aromatic Cabernet Franc wines from Bourgueil are not as famous as neighbours Chinon or Saumur, but the quality is the same, if not better. Mineral, lean, structured and pure. These wines will age gracefully for 10-20 years.
Loire Valley
The people in the know are already on this. And probably don’t want the secret to get out. The Loire makes some fantastic wines of all colours and styles, which are stupidly cheap for the quality.
Can any white wine rival Loire Valley Chenin Blanc for elegance, grace and poise in the cellar? Some Rieslings would give it a run but not much else. Chenin, whether sweet or dry, produces wines with a lovely balance. Taut, unrelenting acidity and pillowy soft fruit that sits on top. The best wines think Savennières, Vouvray and Montlouis, can age for a surprisingly long time. Sancerre and surrounds offers wine lovers a legitimate reason to drink Sauvignon Blanc! Oh, and if Muscadet (made from Melon de Bourgogne) isn’t the very best oyster wine, then I’ll eat my hat.
Get stuck into the stunning sparkling wines that give Champagne a run for its money—at the same time, being such great value that they rival Prosecco and Cava.
And the reds from Cabernet Franc that will make lovers of Burgundy or Bordeaux swoon. Oh! And the Gamay and rose wines. Delicious.
Did I mention they make my favourite sweet wines in the world?
French Wine
The land that so many New World (not European) wine producers look to emulate. To generalise about French wine, I would say it is savoury, lighter-bodied wines. They are the definition of elegant, complex. There are many styles, though. And there is a French wine for every palate. They lead the world in Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in Burgundy. Sparkling Wine in Champagne. Cabernet and Merlot in Bordeaux. Syrah(Shiraz) and Grenache in the Rhone Valley. Riesling, Gewurztraminer, and Pinot Gris in Alsace. Sauvignon Blanc, and Chenin Blanc in the Loire Valley. Gamay in Beaujolais.
Wine
Wine is the result you get from fermented grape juice. There is proof of wine production dating back 8000 years ago. Fashions, innovations and many other factors have influenced the way wine has evolved over the years.
The wine grape is special. It contains everything you need to make grape wine except for the yeast, which lives on the outside of the skins.
Human inputs can influence the final product, including the viticulture (growing) choices. And the winemaker can shape the wine to a point too.
The best wines of the world often refer to terroir. Terroir is a French term that refers to all the climatic, geological and topographical influences on a specific piece of land. And it is true that neighbouring vineyards, grown identically, can taste noticeably different.
Red Wine
Fun fact; most of the colour for wines comes from the skins. There are only a handful of grapes that have red juice. Alicante is the most well known of these grapes.
By macerating the juice on the skins, the wine gains tannins, and flavours. Certain compounds change the chemistry of the wine too.
Red wines tend to have higher alcohol. More tannin and more oak flavours compared to other styles of wine. But the thousands of grapes and terroirs they grow in influence this.
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