Great energy on today’s show.

Really good words tonite Gary! Thanks for being fresh and impassioned!

I Donâ??t have a wine blog. I did open an 05 Domaine De La Chanteleuserie from Bourgueil tonight in honor of the Cab Franc fest Gary has created. So, not that I am an expert, but here are my notes :

Color deep garnet, very dark and opulent looking. Did not get a chance to let this bottle breathe, but the nose is of a freshly opened sack of chemical lawn fertilizer. Another sniff and I think itâ??s Scotts Turfbuilder III. After a while that has gone away a bit and given way to some nice cassis and frozen peas. The dryness is huge! This thing has what seems like massive tannins, however it is a bit hollow in the midpalate. It does have a long finish and is very expressive of a place. No stinkyness, very clean, but intense almost like a hot pepper sauce on the finish. This wine has real character. 90 points.

QOTD: I’m waiting to turn 21 this Sunday.

Gary, The g-d of Chinon Joguet. Please include him in the future. Also Canon La Gaffaliere in St. Emilion is largely Cab Franc and is almost a cult wine. Only those truly in the know appreciate it. Spread the word.

Virgils Bavarian Rootbeer fot the win!

My favorite…

How do you know a wine can age 3-5 years or 5-7 years?? What is the determining factor?

Terrific episode, Gary â?? love the cab franc.

QOTD: Last weekend, opened the first bottle out of a case of 05 Charles Joguet Chinon La DIoterie that I’m cellaring for the next 5-10. It was crazy good, and I expect will only get better and better.

Never had Cab Franc.

Stop knocking Pinot Noir !!!! It has more health benefits than any other wine; because it contains high amounts of the antoxidant reservatrol.

You have convinced me to expand my pal….. and continue exploring!
That’s the most important and interesting stuff I’m learning from a little piss ant like you! And I’m turning 65 on the 15th.

QOTD: I’m waiting for space to open up in my wine rack.

chateau de la grille Chinon 97′..bought in France a few weeks ago….magnificent! Keep going in promoting wines from the Loire valley..This is such a fascinating wine region .Great show, Gary !

QOTD: I have had (and enjoyed) quite a few Cab Francs from NY state, but guilty of not having any french ones yet. I am a huge veggies fan so I do not know what I am waiting for- I am for sure going to start looing for them.
Freakin awesome show today- I am pumped for a beautiful day!

Right Gary

Here’s my entry for WBW – http://eatinghk.blogspot.com/2008/04/thierry-germain-saumur-champigny-2005.html.

I had a sip on Thierry Germain Saumur Champigny, an interesting wine. For me as a resident of Hong Kong the biggest challenge was finding a bottle of French Cabernet Franc – it was near impossible!

ANdrew

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http://eatinghk.blogspot.com/2008/04/thierry-germain-saumur-champigny-2005.html

Andrew

I just watched this episode on the way to work this morning — and was amazed as I just had a great cab franc last night — Catherine & Pierre Breton Bourgueil Nuits dâ??Ivresse, 2004 — that I finished writing about this morning.
http://personalwinebuyer.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/catherine-pierre-breton-bourgueil-nuits-d%e2%80%99ivresse-2004/

Awesome show once again Gary V.

QOTD: Never bought a cab franc. I will now! Thanks for the nudge GV.

BTW “link it up” is my new favorite saying. It applies in so many situations. Pretty soon, it will be the most popular phrase in the Silicon Valley. With a LOT of GV, we are changing the hip phrase fad world for the next short while, LMAO.

Never had cab franc yet, and will give it a try soon.

Man, I love Cab Franc – it’s amazing how many places in NYC have started pouring Bourgeil and Chinon by the glass. I guess they’re ahead of the pack for the US, but Loire reds have long been the meat and potatoes of many Parisian bars. I can’t remember my last one, but this stuff is my go-to red these days – the Amirault Bourgeil killed it, and I’ve had the ’90 Raffault “Les Picasses”, as well as the ’89. The bottle of the 1990 I drank showed quite a bit of pencil shavings and a little muted wild strawberry in with the manure.

QOTD: An invitation?

Long time, first time. Never left a comment, so I thought I’d bring the thunder with a little haiku. That’s right, a code 5-7-5 up in your grill piece:

emerging lurker
delightfully good cab franc
expanding palette

Keep up the good work Gary, and keep calling out us lurkers…It works!

GV – great show. QOTD – The last major Loire/Cab Franc moment was the inaugural session of my wine club: (http://prentissstreet.blogspot.com/2006/12/loire-wines-session-date-december-2nd.html). I still consider it the best session – very few were familiar with Loire and many were surprised by the quality and price happening.

Pen Ink?? Have you really tasted pen ink? QOTD: I have had a couple Chinon’s this past year and will continue to seek them out. Thanks for another great show.

My last Cab Franc moment was with the Gasnier Chinon, and I wasn’t so into it. It wasn’t so vegetal to us as it was a hollow sour cherry disappointment. It was a couple months ago, so my recollection is fuzz. Intense black fruits on the start with some funky rotten veggies on the bone dry finish. Then again, I’ve been growing to like veggies more and more in some Bordeaux’s I’m drinking, so maybe I’d feel differently now, but I think I have some other things to drink first.

I don’t know what it is, but Cab Franc is just not popular in Denmark. I don’t think that I’ve actually ever seen it in a supermarket. I’ve actually only ever tasted it in blends, like Chateauneuf de Pape. But I must mention how stoked I am that you liked the Mitolo the other day. You’re aren’t what I would call an Australian wine fan, but Mitolo kicks ass. You should try some of their good shit. G.A.M. is good, but it’s not the flag ship.

Grrreaaaaat Episode, Gee!!!! Mooochoo Thanx!!!!

QOTD: Might of had a French Cab Franc looooooog time ago, not sure.
Kinda got into a “zinfandel/pinot noir/syrah/chardonnay/gewurtztraminer/
sauv blanc/viognier rut”…………. Gonna have to seek some of those
French CB’s out…… Thanx for another interestin’ Episode!!!

Gary – You are a wine and marketing rockstar!